13-foot sunflower grows in Gadebridge after being planted by 8-year-old

A small sunflower planted by an eight-year-old boy in June has grown to over 13 feet tall.

George Barber, who lives in Gadebridge, bought the small plant home after a project at his school.

Three months later, the sunflower has grown bigger than expected with the plant reaching the second floor of his family home.

His mum, Rebecca says that it now stands at 13 feet and four inches tall.

Rebecca said: “It's currently tied in four different places: one against the washing pole and then one going up towards the window upstairs and the neighbour's house.”

Thanks to regular watering and copious sunlight from a record-breaking summer, the flowers grew tall and became a spectacle for the users of the communal garden.

Rebecca said: “All of our neighbours will admire it when they look out and my children have been viewing it daily.”