A few days back, I got to read an exciting concept about sunflowers. These vibrant yellow flowers are known for its beauty and also for healthy vegetable oil they provide us as food! Sunflower seeds also serve as a nutritious snack.
Above all, these plants are known for a typical idiosyncrasy – “heliotropism”. These plants (and flowers) turn their face toward the sun and track it. As karthe sun travels across the sky, the flower head tilts and swivels to ensure that it keeps facing the sun always....
Balsminaceae impatiens is a common sun to partial shade flowering annual. It is easy to grow and widely available at nurseries and garden centers. Impatiens balsamina is known by the common name balsam or by the umbrella moniker of impatiens, which covers a wide variety of forms and tones. Balsam may also be found as “Rose Balsam.”
Sun is a powerful source of energy which is wisely leveraged by these plants through this process of ‘solar tracking’. That’s the reason why sunflowers are also known as happiest of all flowers! ....