Sunflowers

I'm not too sure what has happened to summer here, we took these photos today in the relentless drizzle.
In early January Mr A planted a sunflower in a pot he had painted at his school holiday programme.  He has (almost single handedly) looked after it since and yesterday it finally came out in bloom.

It's not exactly huge, I'm not sure if that's the rather rubbish growing conditions we have had or the type of sunflower, but it is touchy.
Here's a shot to give some height (or lack thereof) perspective.