[Yorkie]

Too late - the squirrels have nipped the head off the stalk now 

It was 7' 2" as well (2 feet taller than me)

[DD.]

I suppose if there's something to compare it with if the entrant is physically unable to measure it, we could take their word, but without something to indicate scale it's difficult to say.

[yorky]

It looks like I am out then  I have already chopped mine up for compost and fed the seeds to my hens. The photos I posted a couple of weeks ago are the only ones I am going to get. Never mind, theres always next year.

[shoozie]

sorry DD, I forgot to re-read the rules so, here is ours - still shorter than Matt's



if the eagle eyed amongst you are wondering why it looks as if it's a ground hugging sunflower .... something had a bit of a field day over the weekend chasing a rabbit under the shed ....



and this was it more in its prime 

[carlrmj]

MY Sunflowers? Fingers crossed

[DD.]

Don't forget the tape measure picture!

[carlrmj]

Now that I can post photo's

Got it wrong with the first attempt though.

I'll be down there tomorrow with a tape measure,there's a mixture of some multiple head

sunflowers and some with just one large head.

I grew them from seed that I saved from last year

Cheers Carl

[carlrmj]

  This is the tape measure on 2 6ft bamboo canes stuck together,height of cane is 11ft.

[Diddy Gardener]

Well I'm certainly not going to get 'tallest' after the herculean submissions so far... so, I'm going for 'prettiest' 

[Lulu]

Found out the name of the variety of my 'furry' small sunflower - aptly named Teddy Bear, cute 

[arugula]

Something for us to aspire to:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2213404/Richard-Hope-Gardener-grows-Britains-tallest-sunflower-26-feet.html

[Diddy Gardener]

Bloomin' eck'!! 

[sunshineband]

As my sunflowers are not that tall, I don't somehow think I am going to win.

I'll try for a photo at the weekend. Can't manage on my own as I cannot hold the tape and take the picture  

The voles have found the big headed ones already and chewed at the edges of the head. Thye are now demolishing side branches of the multi headed ones to eat the pith inside, the little' darlings  

So I hope there are some left come Saturday


Voles had eaten away everything at the top of the stems -- no photo 

On the plus side, they weren't all that tall so I shall have to try again next year

[carlrmj]

 this is the biggest one I grew approx  10ft2inches

[DD.]

Tomorrow is the last day folks.

To qualify for:

a -  the tallest we need a photo with measurement

b - the best photo, errrrrr - a photo!

A poll for the latter will be set up after the close of the contest.