A father and daughter in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island are marvelling at a sunflower that has grown as tall as their house.

Jason Brown received a heart-shaped craft with sunflower seeds on it from daughter Jubilee for Father含羞草研究社檚 Day. Jubilee asked Brown to plant some of the seeds and together they watered them, with one growing taller than the others. Besides the fact it is next to the compost box, Brown has no other explanation for why it has grown so tall.

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Brown only began gardening last year, with less than satisfactory results, but he is learning.

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Come the fall, Brown said he含羞草研究社檚 going to harvest the seeds and he may even consider an entry at the Vancouver Island Exhibition fair in Nanaimo next year, if he can grow another tall sunflower.

Brown attended this year含羞草研究社檚 fair and estimates the winner was about half the size of the one in his yard and was surprised when he found out the winner receives money.

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When asked what she thought of the sunflower, Jubilee said it 含羞草研究社渋s amazing.含羞草研究社�

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