Sun Lovers

Bright and cheery, bold yet comfortable, the sunflower, is a warm and lovely plant and a sun loving flower.

With brilliant golden yellow petals that surround the flower's centre, sunflowers have a sun-like appearance.
Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus), Helios=Sun+Anthos=Flower (Greek stems) comes in a number of varieties, and colours ranging from daylight yellows to deep brown to sunset reds.

Sunflowers originate from North America in 1000 BC they became an important part of diet of various Native Americans as a good source of fat when these peoples began to farm sunflowers.

Artists throughout the history, like Vincent Willem Van Gogh (Dutch post-Impressionist, 1853-1890), appreciated sunflower's unique splendour.                                   
It's amazing how the tall stalks and petals of wild sunflowers are stretched towards the sun. This unique behaviour is known as Photo-tropism (Greek stem), and this has appeared and is viewed as a symbol of loyalty and constancy in many ancient myths.
The use of sunflower images as religious symbols has also been documented in some native societies.

Their physical resemblance to the sun is often associated with adoration and longevity and evokes feelings of warmth, brightness and happiness. I really enjoy basking in the sunflower's warming glow!

With the sense of the sun positive characteristics that these flowers reflect, I'm sending you sentiments of cheerfulness and sunshine-y thoughts! xx