Xanthe: When I think of Helianthus, I think of toasted, tamari-sprinkled seeds tossed through a salad. I think of Vincent van Gough's paintings that seemed so full of light and warmth and so reassuringly domestic, and how challenging it was for me as a young women to align these images with that of a man who cut off his own ear. I think of rows of sunflowers growing over the windows of a nearby state house when I was a child, and believing that the grandmother who lived there must be some sort of a magician to be able to grow flowers so tall.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/home-property/nz-gardener/91179565/Gardening-author-Xanthe-White-talks-to-a-friendly-sunflower
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