Best year ever for readers’ sunflowers

HERE is my 4ft (1.2m) sunflower that is a gift from a bird. It’s in a tiny crack in the crazy paving, I hate to think how far its roots are travelling. I’ve sown many sunflowers in good soil over the years, but the slugs always have a feast off them. Perhaps this is the answer?

Pat Coomer, Essex

HERE’S the result of the Amateur Gardening seeds for Sunflower ‘Evening Sun’, at 8ft 10in tall. They have been gorgeous for weeks now, and they are still growing.

Susie, Shotley Bridge, Co Durham

The dropped sunflower seed has taken root in a tiny gap in the paving

Susie and her ‘Evening Sun’ sunflowers