A mystery tomato plant appeared amongst the sunflowers on Thursday evening.
The plucky fellow was planted in its chosen position this morning.
Will it leave the sunflowers red faced?
Good luck little guy.
Category Archives: Sunflowers
The Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest: Update
The sunflowers in the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2019 have been measured and guess who’s out in front so far? Bull-Knox!
The competitors in height order are below along with a one word description:
Bull-Knox, 140 cm, tall
Bears, 134 cm, wonky
Gramps, 132 cm, leafy
Team USA, 130 cm, sturdy
Pears, 129 cm, handsome
Shmelling, 129 cm, yellowy
Ricarah, 125 cm, steady
Daisy, 122 cm, holey
Dennis the menace, 118 cm, lanky
Baby G, 117 cm, speckly
Sprilby, 109 cm, curvy
Naughty, 107 cm, bendy
Holts, 102 cm, straight
Moomins, 97 cm, skinny
Steclaire, 96 cm, dainty
Buddha, 88 cm, thin
Helomi, 86 cm, pretty
The Sunflowers Arrive at Fort Bull-Knox
The competitors in the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2019 have left the safety of the Moomins’ garden and entered Fort Bull-Knox.
Contestants along the side fence and their current height:
Steclaire, 11 cm
Sprilbey, 25 cm
Bull-Knox, 35 cm
Pears, 26 cm
Moomins, 25 cm
Gramps, 31cm
Ricarah, 30 cm
Team USA, 31 cm
Bears, 32 cm
Holts, 24 cm
Contestants along the front fence and their current height:
Helomi, 9 cm
Buddha, 7 cm
Shmelling, 31 cm
Daisy, 29 cm
Baby G, 35 cm
Dennis the Menace, 24 cm
Naughty, 23 cm
Baby G and Bull-Knox (ahem) are out in front at the moment, both at 35 cm. Bears are close behind at 32 cm and Shmelling, Team USA, and Gramps are hot on their heels at 31 cm.
Steclaire, Helomi, and Buddha were late sprouters and have some catching up to do.
As Knoxie’s birthday barbeque is taking a fallow year, the judging date for the competition is to be confirmed.
We Have Sprouters
Just a few sunflowers left to sprout.
Saturday morning thought: Isn’t it amazing how a seemingly lifeless dry seed, that’s been in a paper packet for years, suddenly reawakens when it’s put in soil and watered and becomes a living plant. Magic.
It’s Begun! The Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2019
The Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2019 has begun. The annual competition has more twists, turns, cliff hangers and deaths than Game of Thrones as competitors race to reach the sky.
This years’ sunflowers, in no particular order, are below:
Helomi
Moomins
Sprilbey
Pears
Bears
Shmelling
Bull-Knox
Gramps
Holts
Naughty
Team USA
Buddha
Dennis the Menace
Daisy
Baby G
Steclaire
Ricarah
To avoid being eaten by rabbits the 2019 competition has been moved to the Bull-Knox front garden. Who knows what dangers will await there.
And they were all yellow!
All the flowers in the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018 have bloomed!
The competitors, in blooming order, can be seen below:
Bears
Unfortunately, Gramps fell to the floor and was eaten by the bunnies.
The winners were Bulls (tallest) and Naughty (prettiest).
Thanks again to all who took part or followed the contest.
See you all next year.
Bloomin’ ‘eck
Me: Is there a prize for the first flower to bloom?
Also me: No.
Me again: Damn!
Now the pressure of the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018 is over, some competitors have come out of their shells.
Bull-Knox was the first to open up, shortly followed by Gramps and Team USA.
Naughty, who has already been crowned the prettiest flower, is also starting to peek out at the world and reveal her beauty.
Stay tuned for more pictures of all the competitors.
And the Winners are . . .
The judging of the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018 took place on Saturday 28th July at Knoxie’s zoo themed birthday barbecue.
The biggest sunflowers were measured and Bulls, measuring in at 111 cm, was crowned the tallest. Bulls also won the first Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest in 2014. They were delighted to regain the title and take home another cheap, plastic, solar-powered, dancing sunflower.
Despite none of the sunflowers blooming in time for the judging, Knoxie’s Uncle Mick was able to use his super-sensory, cheetah skills to determine Naughty as the prettiest flower and winner of the Indie Award.
Holts, who had failed to appear throughout the whole contest, made a slightly suspicious late appearance on the judging day. However, at just 50 cm it was still the shortest of the bunch.
The final standings for the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018 are below:
- Bulls – 111 cm
- Naughty – 95 cm
- Bull-Knox – 92 cm
- Sparkly – 88 cm
- Team USA – 87 cm
- Gramps – 84 cm
- Shmelling – 83 cm
- Helomi – 83 cm
- Bears – 82 cm
- Sprilbey – 75 cm
- Buddha – 68 cm
- Pears – 52 cm
- Holts – 50 cm
Well done to all competitors, you’re all winners in my eyes!
Bulls are Enjoying the Sun
Who loves the sun? Sunflowers and Bulls do.
Bulls is now top of the table in the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018. A big shout out also goes to previous bottom of the table dwellers, Sparkly and Helomi, who have embraced the sunshine and shot up to joint third place.
The current standings are below:
- Bulls – 82 cm
- Naughty – 69 cm
- Sparkly – 66 cm
- Helomi – 66 cm
- Bears – 64 cm
- Team USA – 63 cm
- Bull-Knox – 63 cm
- Shmelling – 58 cm
- Gramps – 56 cm
- Buddha – 55cm
- Sprilbey – 48 cm
- Pears – 40 cm
- Holts – 0 cm
Naughty Sunflower Chased by Bulls and Bears
Naughty is leading the way in the Bull-Knox Sunflower Contest 2018. Bulls is currently the second tallest with Bears and Shmelling close behind.
The measurements and rankings as of this morning (14th June) are below:
1. Naughty – 35 cm
2. Bulls – 31 cm
3. Bears – 30 cm
4. Shmelling – 30 cm
5. Gramps – 28 cm
6. Team USA – 28 cm
7. Pears – 22 cm
8. Sprilbey – 20 cm
9. Bull-Knox – 15 cm
10. Sparkly – 14 cm
11. Buddha – 12 cm
12. Helomi – 10 cm
13. Holts – 0 cm
Left to right: Helomi, Bulls, Sprilbey, Pears, Bears, Shmelling, Bull-Knox, Gramps, Holts, Naughty, Team USA, Buddha, Sparkly.
Those at the bottom of the table should not despair. All flowers are in with a chance of winning the Indie Award for the prettiest flower. And, the bigger the flower the more likely it is to fall from the fence and be eaten by rabbits!
