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Common sunflowers grow freely on Marshall Hinsley's farm, feeding birds, bees and butterflies.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley
Common sunflower seeds are the smallest, in contrast to the larger gray striped sunflowers seeds and black oil sunflower seeds.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley
Maxmilian sunflowers bloom from late summer to early fall when little else does.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley
The dried out head of a mammoth sunflower feeds cardinals through the winter.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley
Teddy bear sunflowers attract bees by the droves.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley
The dried out head of a common sunflower has dropped all of its seeds, which feeds mourning doves and other birds.
Photo by Marshall Hinsley