Sadly some norbert has been trying to pull the flower heads off the plants - as well as being a selfish oaf, they have no doubt found that sunflower stalks are pretty damn tough and unless you are going to carry a big pair of shears with you, you're unlikely to end up with anything worth displaying in your house. It's always a risk with guerrilla gardening, but one that's worth taking in my opinion.
These particular flowers were planted by local residents, I understand, using packets of seeds that cost £1 from Terry's shop on the high street, and planted in less than an hour.
Hopefully there's lots of others out there who've enjoyed seeing these towering beauties cocking a snook at the council's planting policy for this corner of SE8.
Keeping my fingers crossed that this year's success will lead to a repeat planting next year.
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Amongst those the dame has photographed is a relatively rare Italian variety; could this be a descendent from an earlier era when roman centurions walked the ramparts of the fort at the deep ford ?
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