Over the past few weeks, my family has been working hard to get our gardens prepared and planted. Although we grow a lot of different things, my favorites are the flowers. Sunflowers and zinnias are always planted. A few years ago, I stumbled upon these Moulin Rouge sunflowers. I thought that they would be a nice addition to the sunflower garden. We were all so excited when they finally bloomed.
From far away these sunflowers look black. The contrast between the dark flowers and the bright yellow sunflowers was very dramatic. When you get up close, you can see that they are really a dark crimson. They have a velvet look to them. And as you can see below the bees really love them.
Last weekend, my daughter helped me plant the first round of sunflowers (about 1,500 seeds). Of course, we planted more Moulin Rouge and we will now wait very impatiently for them to grow and bloom.
In the meantime, I posted my bead embroidered Moulin Rouge Sunflower pin to my Etsy store. Check out the listing to see more pictures of the pin.
Your pin is very beautiful, and the flowers are a knockout! Are these seeds hard to find? I'd love to plant some of these next spring.
ReplyDeleteKaren, We get most of our seeds from Johnny's seeds (www.johnnyseeds.com). We've had great luck with all the seeds we have gotten from them.
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful pin and a beautiful sunflower. I can see why it inspired you.
ReplyDeleteWow - I love how your interpreted the sunflower!
ReplyDeleteWow, I've never seen such sunflower! Thanks for sharing..
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Have a great week!
Lovely beads as always