At Dix Park, some parts of the field have colorful flowers mixed with sunflowers, creating a pleasing vision of mature flowers.
Sunflower Among Other Colorful Flowers
Sunflowers Among Colorful Flowers
Sunflowers Among Colorful Flowers
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Sunflowers Add Contrast
We continue to post sunflower images from Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Here are images of sunflowers, adding a nice contrast against a blue sky and faint clouds.
Eaten Nectar in a Circular Formation
A Single Sunflower Against a Blue Sky
Sunflowers on a Field
Sunflower fields at Dix Park in Raleigh are pretty. A white fence in the background adds to this image.
Apart from pollinators, sunflowers attract beneficial insects like ladybugs and lacewings, which help control pest populations in gardens and agricultural fields. The tall stalks and dense foliage of sunflowers offer shelter to birds.
Sunflowers on a Field
Sunflowers Facing the Sky
Dorothea Dix Park, a 308-acre property acquired by the City of Raleigh in 2015, is the largest city park in the City of Oaks. The site blends historic architecture and rich landscapes on the edge of downtown Raleigh. Named for Dorothea Lynde Dix, an American activist on behalf of people with mental illness, the site spent 150 years as Dorothea Dix Hospital and more recently has been home to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services.
Here is an image of sunflowers facing the beautiful North Carolina sky and clouds.
Sunflowers Facing the Sky
Dix Park Sunflowers
When we were in Raleigh in July, we got the opportunity to visit a sunflower field. will be posting images from there.
First planted by the City of Raleigh’s public utilities department in 2010, a beautiful five-acre batch of sunflowers blooms yearly in July at Dorothea Dix Park, where approximately 100,000 seeds were planted in early May. The sunflowers serve a purpose beyond just acting as a photography hot-spot—for a number of years the City of Raleigh would harvest the sunflowers to create thousands of gallons of biodiesel, which was then processed into fuel to run tractors, trailers and farm equipment. Now the flowers are left to be excellent pollinators for birds and other wildlife.
Dix Park Sunflowers
Field of Sunflowers
Sunflowers on a Field
Visiting Sunflowers
Not only bees and butterflies, but also people visit sunflowers.
First planted by the City of Raleigh’s public utilities department in 2010 along the Neuse River Greenway Trail, a beautiful five-acre batch of sunflowers blooms each year between early- and mid-July. For 2019, they once again called Dorothea Dix Park home.
The sunflowers serve a purpose beyond just acting as a fun summer photo hot-spot—the City harvests the sunflowers to create thousands of gallons of bio diesel, which is then processed into fuel to run tractors, trailers and farm equipment. The flowers are also excellent pollinators—the field serves as a massive pollinator habitat for bees and other species.
Visiting Sunflowers
Field of Sunflowers
Sunflower Field