Wild sunflowers. I think they're my new favorite flower. I can't say for sure, but they're really high up there at least.
I love that they're so pretty and flashy, and they grow without any help or too much water. I know that can be a bad thing if you're a farmer in the Midwest or something, but I'm not. I'm from the desert. I love pretty flowers that grow with hardly any water.
We drove through the Salt Flats in Utah a couple weeks ago. This place defines the word desert. It is so flat and ugly and brown, especially when it's raining. But then when we drove by some sunflowers along the side of the road, the storm and the dry field behind them just framed the already-beautiful picture. It made my day.
So today during my break at work, I went out to the little field behind the parking lot and got some seeds from the old wild sunflowers so I can plant them at home. We have quite a wasteland behind our house, and I think wild sunflowers would be a perfect addition-- or barrier. :)
So yay for sunflowers.