An Indiana man has accomplished his goal of growing the world's tallest sunflower. Alex Babich of Fort Wayne had a mission to break the record of a 30-foot sunflower, which was set in Germany. He ...

After prayers and a little luck, the world's tallest sunflower on record now stands nearly the height of a residential telephone pole. A "monster bloom" grown in the backyard of an Indiana family beat ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Guinness has confirmed that Alex Babich’s sunflower, named Clover, has officially beaten the world record in an official measuring. In August, the sunflower unofficially grew ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is looking at his ...

A Ukrainian immigrant grew the world’s tallest sunflower in his Indiana backyard as a tribute to his war-torn home country. Alex Babich, 47, achieved the feat of nursing Ukraine’s national flower ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A sunflower grown this year in Fort Wayne has received the honor as the tallest in the Guinness Book of World Records. What’s more special is how the gardener, originally ...