0_Apprentice
Hi
1_Wizard
Hi there! How are you doing today? First day of summer :) I've got some gorgeous sunflowers growing in my backyard, soaking up the sun.
0_Apprentice
That's awesome! I don't see many sunflowers where I live. I didn't know helianthus was the technical name. They look like a really interesting type of flower.
1_Wizard
I didn't know that either. Its cool how their name is based off it resembling the sun
0_Apprentice
Oh really? That's interesting. It really does resemble the sun well now that you mention it. I don't know of any other plants that are bright yellow like that.
1_Wizard
Yellow is such  bright happy colour. I have it growing in the centre of my garden, with other flowers around it. Kind of like the sun being in the centre of the solar system LOL
0_Apprentice
Haha, that is really neat. Do you know anything about the type of soil and climate they grow? I live in a high elevation and I'm not sure if they grow well.
1_Wizard
I live in Ontario, Canada, and they seem to grow well here. I think the soil here is good, plus I fertilize it. But soil already has so much of what we need to grow things (organic matter, minerals, gases) etc, I can't take any credit for them thriving.
0_Apprentice
Interesting. I'm in Colorado and it's a really rocky terrain so that may have something to do with it. I have always been interested in growing things but never really tried. 
1_Wizard
You should give it a try. It's really rewarding to nurture something.