A surprise of sunflowers....

Well, finally.... something in the backyard this morning that was a nice surprise and didn't have me running back to the porch--- sunflowers!

My husband has been buying huge sacks of birdseed since the winter months, and he has made sure the bird-feeders in the backyard are filled every morning. As a result of those seeds, we now have huge sunflowers blooming in the flowerbed near the feeders.  We knew that the birds really liked the large sunflower seeds because they were always the first to be picked out from the rest of the seeds in the feeders.

A few weeks ago, we noticed thick stalks coming up from the flowerbed, and I had a feeling those could have sprouted from the sunflower seeds.......... and this morning, two bright yellow sunflowers were unfolding their petals. So very pretty, and huge........ I'm sure they'll produce hundreds of seeds that the birds will enjoy... and some will fall to the ground and take root.... and then we'll have more sunflowers.

I told my husband that we shouldn't waste our time and money buying plants for the flowerbeds.... just let the birds drop some seeds around the yard and we'll be surprised by what comes up.  I wonder if those birds can be trained to pull up weeds....