In honor of unlocking the groovy plant, a fun fact for you today about Sunflowers: The tallest sunflower measures 10.90 m (35 ft 9 in) and was grown by Alex Babich (USA, b. Ukraine) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, as verified on 3 September 2025. Having been growing them for seven years, Alex is no stranger to cultivating sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), which are close to his heart as the national flower of Ukraine, where he is originally from. He already held the accolade of growing the tallest sunflower in the USA with a plant that reached 7.67 m (25 ft 2 in) in 2022; a year later, he increased the mark to 7.95 m (26 ft 1 in). In 2024, he grew 10 sunflowers that surpassed the 20-ft (6-m) mark but did not better his 26-footer. The seed for this world-record plant originally came from seasoned sunflower cultivator Burkhard Grendel of Germany, taken from a flower that he grew in 2024 that soared to 8.58 m (28 ft 2 in), matching the second-tallest sunflower on record.