Timeline of our Class Plant

By britney21

  • Planting the seed

    Planting the seed
    We planted some seeds into a pot with some dirt. Then we watered it and left it on the window sill.

  • Seed Germination

    Seed Germination
    The first stage in the life of a sunflower is germination. A sprout shot toward the top of the soil.

  • Seedling

    Seedling
    The sprout has small leaves, no longer than 1 ½ inches. It has grown a little bigger over the last week and a half.

  • Vegetative

    Vegetative
    The sunflower stem has leaves longer than 1 ½ inches. All the main growth has occurred with the stem thickening and growing taller, and producing leaves at regular intervals on the stem.

  • Bud Stage

    Bud Stage
    The bud began to show at the top of the stem. The leaves and bud are moving to follow the course of the sun throughout the day.

  • Flowering

    Flowering
    The bud began to open.

  • Ripening

    Ripening
    The back of the sunflower’s head, petals and leaves began to turn yellow and then brown. The stem and head began to dry out and eventually all of the seeds became loose and fell out.