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leer en español        On Saturday, I bought two sunflowers at the Chelsea Gardener and planted them in a pot in the front garden. Everyone who passes sees their smiling faces and smiles back. Sunflowers know the secret of life is to follow the sun. The Sun God Apollo once fell in love with a water nymph named Clytie. When his attentions moved on to a rival nymph, he changed Clytie into a sunflower whose head always turned to the sun. I am not sure how the Greek myth came into being as the sunflower is native to North America, but mythology like religion is only a metaphor. Flowers turning their heads to the sun is called heliotropism. They all do it, people too, but sunflowers with their emoji faces and corona of bright yellow petals create a fireworks display of colour and light. ...