... meaning it turns, blooms and leaves, towards the sun’s life-giving light as it arches across the sky every day. Although this usually yellow-blooming beauty originates from America, today it is at home all around the globe. With more than 9 m in height, the tallest known sunflower, in fact, came from Germany—so much taller than the flower’s average height of 2 m that it made it into the 2015 Guinness Book of World Records.