[Totty]

Tallest one so far is flowering now. Wall is 12ft. Got a couple still going with no flowers too.

Totty

[rosiecider]

Totty look like you will be adding biggest sunflower grower too

[Baldy]

Lord a lorks Totty... 

Cheers,
Balders

[sunshineband]

and there was me getting excited at one that is around nine/ten feet and not yet flowering 

Nice one Totty 

[Baldy]

Mind you... anyone could grow loads of tall sunflowers if they had a nice brick wall like that to grow em against...
 

(except me judging by my SF this year)

Cheers,
Balders

[Totty]

Mind you... anyone could grow loads of tall sunflowers if they had a nice brick wall like that to grow em against...
 

(except me judging by my SF this year)

Cheers,
Balders

I'm sure most houses still have brick walls don't they

Totty

[GYO Girl]

In true Dragon's Den style....

I'm out.

Tallest one only reached about 6 foot.

[Springlands]

I have a question about bees and sunflowers. Normally bees flit from flower to flower but with my sunflowers it seems to be different. The bees seem to land on the sunflower and then stay there for ages - has anyone else noticed this.

[tosca100]

Yes, I have. After watching the recent programmes on bee behaviour I was rather surprised, but I suppose sunflower heads are so large there are different rules for the bees. Whatever the reason, they and the birds are loving our forest of twelve foot multi headed sunflowers. I feel more honey coming on for the winter.

[BabbyAnn]

I have a question about bees and sunflowers. Normally bees flit from flower to flower but with my sunflowers it seems to be different. The bees seem to land on the sunflower and then stay there for ages - has anyone else noticed this.

That's because the flower head actually consists of multiple flowers if you look closely, and each produces an insane amount of nectar as well as pollen - bee heaven 

[tosca100]

We are in the middle of commercial sunflower country and the honey from our hive is absolutely delicious...and that is not being biased! The ones in the fields have now gone over well and truly but our multi headers are keeping them happy for now.

[beesrus]

I have a question about bees and sunflowers. Normally bees flit from flower to flower but with my sunflowers it seems to be different. The bees seem to land on the sunflower and then stay there for ages - has anyone else noticed this.

If anything is going to get the bees supping up, it's sunflowers, it's always been thus.
The other flowers that get them "drunk" are the big blue artichoke flowers. In fact I grow a few globe artichokes purely for that reason. It's all too much for them and they tend to doze off awhile.

[Springlands]

Thank you BabbyAnn and Beesrus - I have just caught up with your comments as I am on holiday. Apparently all of my sunflowers but one have collapsed in the high winds at home. So not so much pollen for the bees. 

[Maarten]

Hi all,

This has turned out to be our tallest sunflower. On the photo is my daughter standing on my shoulders. I am 1.86m tall and my daughter is about 1.20m. The exact measurement of the sunflower came to 2.93 meter.

Is this sufficient proof for exact size and what is the tallest so far?

All the best,
Maarten

[Lulu]

My collection - might be a bit over the top, blame the 50 p sale last year.  tallest is about 8 foot