Here comes the sun! From Suttons Bay to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, here are five sunflower fields to explore in Northern Michigan + when to go, what to bring and a little about each owner’s journey.

GIRARD — Cal Pifer was having dinner at Sara's Restaurant at Presque Isle on Aug. 11 when he heard people at the next table talking about the sunflowers in Girard. Pifer is executive director of the ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Sunflowers are popping up this fall, bathing fields here in yellow. Besides adding color, sunflowers enrich soil and sustain bees, butterflies and other pollinators on fields where ...

The first 85 percent of the Upper Midwest corn and sunflower harvest went well, thanks to warm, dry weather in October and early November. Winter's mid-November arrival complicates harvesting the ...

Summer is winding down, which means sunflower season is ramping up. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, sunflowers are typically planted between April and June. With the maturation period ranging between ...

Is any flower more synonymous with late summer and early fall than the common sunflower? Their giant, sunshiny blooms are enough to make anyone smile. Growing your own picture-perfect sunflowers just ...