Case in point: the chocolate sunflower ... It seems the desire for richly colored flowers is nothing new. According to several seed proprietors, the black hollyhock, or Alcea rosea 'Nigra ...

Black oil sunflower seed is the preferred seed for birds because ... chemical that kills or stunts the growth of many species of plants. You may notice a bare spot below your feeder area where ...

Generally speaking, April is the month to start sowing these late summer flowers; however, with the changeable weather – one ...

Some of the seed failed to germinate, while the rest produced low-value, split headed-crops, scanty flowers ... seeds advertised as sunflower seeds for oil totally black but a blend of colours.

Bird food experts Beaky Bites explain: "A key aspect of high-quality bird seed is its high energy content. Black sunflower seeds, for instance, are a high-energy food that's easily accessible to ...