Searching for perfection in a Woodland field, Tom Heaton spends countless hours in the sun. Where else would he be? He's devoted his life's work to a flower that's synonymous with bright summer days.
"Isn't that pretty?" Heaton said with obvious pride when he spotted a luminous white flower edged with pink. "A lot of things out here you've never seen before."
Heaton is Yolo County's Sunflower Man. The world's leading sunflower hybridizer, he creates stunning new varieties in a rainbow of colors, destined for gardens and florists around the globe.
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