She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower till her mother told her, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in old-fashioned gardens, and are called Canterbury bells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference

She did not know that a helianthus was a sunflower until her mother told her so, and she had never seen the dear, blue, bell-shaped flowers that always grow in old-fashioned gardens, and are called Canterbury bells.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling] Reference

Peonies come up year after year, iris takes care of itself, helianthus or perennial sunflower bobs up each year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference

Powis Castle artemesia, feverfew, Regina heuchera and helianthus maximillian, not sure about the spelling on that one, and of course the wonderful plaque.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogger Visitors, In The Garden « Fairegarden] Reference

The last thing Margery thought of, as she went to sleep at night, was the dear, smooth little garden, with its funny footpath, and with the little sticks standing at the ends of the rows, labelled "lettuce," "beets," "helianthus," and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling] Reference

Important September blooming flowers are phlox, Japanese anemones; perennial asters, or Michaelmas daisy, so-called because they are supposed to be at their best on Michaelmas Day, September 29th; helleniums, helianthus, hardy chrysanthemum, pyrethrum uliginosum, boltonia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference

Helenium autumnale helianthus species hellebore for insects hemerocallis species hemlock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

The tall stalks of the helianthus bend and rise in long undulations, like billows on a golden sea.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

If it was a bee, we should find some of his companions roaming about among the blossoms of the helianthus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference

As naturally as the helianthus to the sun, did the faces of Elsie's little ones turn to her when in her loved presence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elsie's Motherhood] Reference

There was about an acre of clear ground, covered with grass and flowers, among which helianthus and blue lupines were conspicuous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Hunters] Reference

Jerusalem artichokes (helianthus tubersosis) are, in fact members of the sunflower family and really easy to grow from just a few tubers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Isle of Wight News] Reference

They were flying, resting on the wall, hanging out on plates of rotted fruit, and pollinating rows of zinneas, helianthus, verbena and echinacea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baltiblogs] Reference

Neighbors have asked her for seeds for the helianthus annus, which indeed are not only as tall as two Toyotas but are the "Kong" brand of sunflower.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Haven Independent] Reference

As a background plant, try mixing them with coleus and using shorter plants, such as petunias, dwarf marigolds, helianthus Dakota and pentas in front.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memphis Commercial Appeal Stories] Reference

The synthetically manufactured compound was originally isolated from the Caribbean sea anemone, Stichodactyla helianthus, and subsequently optimized by Dr. Chandy's laboratory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

So the tiger-lily and the columbine must be sought in the mountains, the rose and sweetbrier on low ground, the night-shades and the helianthus in the timbered cañons and gulches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Italy] Reference

And some day, from these castles in the clouds he comes -- these day-dreams, golden as the dawn, become the halo of a mortal man, to whom her heart turns as the helianthus to the sun.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12] Reference

The fertility of plants in respect to seeds is often remarkable; from one root in one summer the seeds of zea, maize, amount to 2000; of inula, elecampane, to 3000; of helianthus, sunflower, to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes] Reference

The ground was enamelled with lilies, the helianthus and cineraria flourished, and the deep-green leaves and blue blossom of the lupin contrasted with the prickly stem and scarlet flower of the euphorbia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Englishwoman in America] Reference

His head and shoulders were just visible above the tall stalks of the helianthus; and we could see, by his stooping at intervals, that he was bending over some game he had killed, skinning or cutting it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse] Reference

The last thing Margery thought of, as she went to sleep at night, was the dear, smooth little garden, with its funny foot-path, and with the little sticks standing at the end of the rows, labeled ` ` lettuce, '' ` ` beets, '' ` ` helianthus, '' and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell to Children: Fifty-One Stories With Some Suggestions for Telling] Reference

A white form appears upon the terrace amid the flowers to which night has only left a vague outline, without diminishing their delicious perfumes; the dahlias mingle with the mentzelias, with the helianthus, and, beneath the occidental breeze, form a waving basket which surrounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pearl of Lima A Story of True Love] Reference

As for the seed pods on echinacea, helianthus and rudbeckia – I tend to leave those for the birds and nature’s seeding, though I do often take some pods to distribute seeds where I want them to grow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dying Well-Aging Attractively « Fairegarden] Reference

In a vase on the other side is a flower-the helianthus ” with its face toward the sun, in allusion to the characteristic stern, uncompromising consistency of Lafayette-a trait of character which I then considered, and still consider, the great prominent trait of that distinguished man.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters and Journals 01]

By helianthus, at 6/11/2007 07:13:00 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fenix restaurant offer to readers!] Reference

"One was soon discovered nestling upon the blossom of a helianthus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness] Reference

Fond helianthus turned her fervent face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873] Reference

"helianthus," and so on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference

It made Margery dance, just to read the names, -- nasturtium, giant helianthus, coreopsis, calendula, Canterbury bells: more names than I can tell you, and other packages, bigger, that said, "Peas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell to Children] Reference

It made Margery dance, just to read the names, -- nasturtium, giant helianthus, canariensis, calendula, Canterbury bells: more names than I can tell you; and other packages, bigger, that said, "Sweet Peas,".    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling] Reference