Laurie Matheny, 66, spots through the blinds on her front door, at least two to three people a day who stop to admire her towering sunflower. "I feel like a spy," said Matheny. "But on my bad days it ...

HOFFMAN, Minn. - When 10-year-old Noah Scherber planted four mammoth sunflower seeds outside his Hoffman, Minn., home in early May, he didn't expect any of them to take. But now, three and a half ...

This story originally appeared in the Oakland County Times. With a stalk that is too big for one hand and a height estimated at more than 20 feet, the mammoth sunflower in front of Michael Purdy’s ...