Blooming good numbers in June... from MORALES!

		Apr '11		May '11		Jun '11		Averages
St Charles
# Active		497		512		535		515
# Sold		40		51		67		53
MKT Time		247		227		237		237
Med Sold $		$307,250		$285,500		$330,000		307583
Geneva								0
# Active		231		257		258		249
# Sold		16		22		41		26
MKT Time		152		213		221		195
Med Sold $		$367,500		$299,000		$297,000		321167
Batavia								0
# Active		188		186		187		187
# Sold		12		19		39		23
MKT Time		195		217		123		178
Med Sold $		$251,250		$253,800		$275,000		260017
Elburn								0
# Active		101		107		117		108
# Sold		7		10		10		9
MKT Time		198		223		321		247
Med Sold $		$288,000		$262,500		$198,750		249750
Sugar Grove								0
# Active		90		89		80		86
# Sold		13		9		12		11
MKT Time		173		257		176		202
Med Sold $		$199,000		$245,000		$250,000		231333
Maple Park								0
# Active		41		42		40		41
# Sold		2		2		1		2
MKT Time		273		175		93		180
Med Sold $		$97,500		$350,500		$158,000		202000

Sunflowers are truly inspiring plants.  It is a useful plant with many unique characteristics.  The sunflower is native of North America.  With approximately 60 varieties, they stretch most of the Great Plains.  The earliest sunflower provided food, by grounding into flour for soups and breads, and the seeds were boiled to extract the oil. 
Did you know that one sunflower actually hosts hundreds of tiny flowers called florets? (See photo below.)  Its rather thick stem can grow upwards of 10'.  On top of the stem appears to be one giant flower with yellow petals and a brown center.  This is actually called a "head" and is not a flower, but rather a a mass of flowers -- all individually growing and from where the seeds will originate. 
The name Sunflower's genus name comes from 2 Greek words meaning Sun and Annual.  Interesting enough, the sunflower head points east towards sunrise in the morning, and by evening it redirects itself to the west.  Overnight, the sunflower redirects itself to its original eastward position again.  Once they bloom, however, the stem generally freezes in the eastward-facing position.  
Sunflower seeds are edible.  They can be eaten directly or roasted.  The seeds can also be pressed to extract oil-- mostly used in the kitchen, cosmetics, and machinery lubricants. 



IF you know anyone who is thinking about planting themselves in new soil, please call me! 
Buying or selling, I promise to take bloomin' good care of them. 

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Sending happiness to you...
            
Diane Morales
Thank you for MOVIN' WITH MORALES!!
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
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