Seven Kings father and daughter reaching new heights with giant sunflowers
Ghulam Muhammed Patel and daughter Rabia Patel with the sunflower - Credit: Archant
A father and daughter team from Seven Kings have spruced up their garden by growing giant sunflowers.
Ghulam Muhammed Patel and daughter Rabia Patel with the sunflower - Credit: Archant
Ghulam Muhammed Patel and Rabia Patel have even seen one flower soar to a height of 10ft six inches.
Some of the dwarf sunflowers which have been grown by Ghulam and Rabia Patel - Credit: Archant
Gardening is not their only shared interest as they are both accountants, as is Ghulam’s other daughter Ayesha.
Ghulam, who lives in Cambridge Road with his daughters, said: “The hot weather over the last month has had a fantastic effect.
“It has been amazing to come home in the evenings and see that some plants have grown at least a few inches during the course of the day.”
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Rabia added: “The flowers have encouraged natural wildlife, we have had more bees and butterflies in the garden this year than I can ever remember.”
The sunflowers’ seeds will also be used by keen bakers Rabia and Ayesha to make cakes and biscuits.
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