- A Kansas farmer planted 1.2 million sunflowers for his wife as a present for their 50th anniversary.
- With his son's help, Lee Wilson started secretly planting 80 acres of sunflowers in May.
- Now, the sunflowers are in bloom and drawing visitors from all across the state.
A Kansas farmer planted 1.2 million sunflowers for his wife as a gift for their 50th anniversary.
"I put a lot of thought into it and she always liked sunflowers. And I thought this is the year to plant sunflowers so I planted her 80 acres of sunflowers," Lee Wilson told Kansas television station KAKE News last Friday.
Keeping it a secret from his wife Renee, Lee enlisted the help of his son to plant the sunflowers in May, per KAKE News.
The entire field amounts to about 1.2 million sunflowers in total, Lee added.
"It made me feel very special. It couldn't have been a more perfect anniversary gift than a field of sunflowers," Renee told KAKE News.
The couple met in high school and have been together ever since.
"She couldn't date until she was 16, and I called her on her 16th birthday and that's when we started dating," Lee told KAKE News. "Our first date was a roller skating party, an FFA roller skating party in Harper, Kansas."
The Kansas farmer added that he knew — on their first date — that she would be the one. The wedding anniversary is August 10.
Although the sunflower field is drawing visitors from across the state, the couple has no plans to make this an annual tradition.
"Oh it's been fun but I think one time is enough for us. It's somebody else's turn next year," Lee said.
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