Sunflowers - Things you may or may not know!

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We were looking up the different sunflowers and came across this blog article from FTD - Sunflowers

Some interesting facts about sunflowers:

Did you know...

•There are about 70 species of sunflowers. All but three species are native to North and Central America.

•Their seeds are edible and yummy!

•Sunflowers 🌻 can clean the soil? Thousands were planted after the nuclear disasters in Chernobyl, Hiroshima, and Fukushima to soak up the toxins in the ground.

Don’t you just love Sunflowers?
Which ones are your favorite?

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