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Farmer plants 1.2m sunflowers as present for his wife

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A farmer from Kansas planted 1.2 million sunflowers as a surprise anniversary present for his wife. Lee Wilson, who met his partner Renee at high school, told reporters that he’d asked himself “What’s a guy get his gal on their 50th?”, then decided to sow an 80-acre field four miles from their house with sunflowers, because he knew she liked them. With the help of his son, Wilson planted the field in May, and managed to keep its existence a secret until he revealed it to Renee. “It made me feel very special,” she said. “It couldn’t have been a more perfect anniversary gift.”

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