The Queen of the Garden :Sunflower

 

"As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them." ~ Henry Ward Beecher

I love all the flowers that were planted by my great-grandmothers, grandmothers, great aunts, aunts, mother, sister, and cousins. All of them are lovely, but nothing brightens a day like a sunflower....it is brightened more with a bouquet of sunflowers.