Four-year-old Stellan Smith now has a 20-foot sunflower outside his house in Hertfordshire, and it may just be the tallest one in Britain at the moment. His dad Douglas planted the seed back in March, after buying it from a man called John Butler, who grew North America's tallest sunflower at 26-feet and eight inches.
Douglas said, "I am glad that it's topped out a bit now. I think it probably got another inch or two left in it to grow, but it's pretty much done." Explaining his sunflower's height, Douglas said, "A big part of it is to do with the genetics(遗传学).”
Most importantly, the sunflower has proved a hit with little Stellan. Douglas said, "Earlier this year he said he wanted a sunflower as tall as the house. People at his nursery didn’t believe him when he told them he actually had one."
Now the UK record is held by Richard Hope, who managed to grow a sunflower that was 26 feet tall. That's not far off the biggest recorded of all time. While Douglas didn't finally go on to break the record, it's still a really good effort. It must be great fun to have in the back garden.
Maybe when Stellan grows up, he'll be able to take on the top of the table. We'd need to have a nice summer before that happens, though. With the British weather as it is, that's almost not possible.
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