Sunflowers are native to North and Central America. Around 1530, sunflower seeds were brought to Europe by Spaniards. Sunflowers are mainly grown to extract sunflower oil from the nuts (kernels). Of course, they also look very pretty in a vase in summer. The sunflower blooms from July to October. The flower head can get up to 30 cm in diameter and during the day the flower bud turns with the sun on sunny days. 'At night, the flower bud returns to its eastern position. "Sunflower" is also the nickname for the last fifty Dutch guilder banknote; the note depicted a sunflower. Vincent van Gogh also had a famous painting of the Sunflowers.
"From my hometown Hoogezand, I regularly go out to take photos in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Photography has always been my interest. In 2008, I bought my first SLR camera and after that I started to delve more and more into photography and photo editing and.. Read more…