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The Great Sunflower War of St. Peters, Missouri
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:21 pm
A brief rundown of the ongoing conflict:
He pretty much beat the city at every turn, or they always backed out when the trial neared.
But, wait......there's more! It seems his enemies sent an undercover agent to nip the conflict in the bud.
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I bet some landmines are mixed into the planting next year. He cannot stand for this!
He pretty much beat the city at every turn, or they always backed out when the trial neared.
But, wait......there's more! It seems his enemies sent an undercover agent to nip the conflict in the bud.
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Surveillance shows a woman attacking over 600 sunflowers at a St. Peters home
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ST. PETERS, Mo. — A St. Peters man who meticulously plants 600 sunflowers in his front yard annually arrived home last month to find them cut to shreds.
In disbelief, Chris Bank, 49, arrived at his home that day and had to call the police.
When Bank reviewed the camera footage he discovered a woman getting out of a white SUV with scissors. She walked up to his front yard and began cutting his plants one by one.
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"In the video, she brought her on scissors and started snippin, snippin, snipping," Bank said.
Bank is now grieving the loss of his display which he refers to as his "Christmas decorations in July."
"All that work! I would have rather her start breaking out the windows in my car than doing that because then I can just send that to the auto body and have them fix it," Bank said. " I know their plants but they're still living."
Bank spent an entire month preparing the flowers for a full and useful life. He said pollinators like bees and hummingbirds expected the flowers to be there.
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What the sunflowers mean
Bank has rescued several creatures in his day but in 2020 the sunflowers rescued him from a dark place.
"Instead of turning to drinking or drugs or bad behavior, I tried to keep my mind busy on sunflowers and it worked," Bank said. He called it a coping mechanism without being destructive.
Although Bank has grown sunflowers in the past, this project was on an entirely new scale for him. He shared that he has collected over 40 different variations of sunflowers that came from cross-pollination.
"I just started doing research on sunflowers and found out there were so many different kinds of sunflowers. I really wasn't paying attention to how many sunflowers I was ordering from different places," Bank said laughing.
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The St. Peters Police Department is actively investigating this crime. Sergeant Melissa Doss said a suspect was identified.
"I'm upset, and angry but also hurt. I cannot imagine the excuse it would be for this to be ok in [their] head." Bank said.
When spring arrives next year Bank's has vowed to plant again and every year after until he physically cannot plant anymore.
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I bet some landmines are mixed into the planting next year. He cannot stand for this!
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Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:23 pm to LegendInMyMind
What a terrible woman... some people can't stand other's joy.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:26 pm to LegendInMyMind
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he Great Sunflower War
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:26 pm to LegendInMyMind
It looks terrible. I do not feel sorry for the guy.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:34 pm to LegendInMyMind
Where were you when the Sunflowers fell?
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:35 pm to Missouri Waltz
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It looks terrible. I do not feel sorry for the guy.
Heaven forbid he doesn't just have useless turf grass.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 1:53 pm to Missouri Waltz
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It looks terrible. I do not feel sorry for the guy.
Agreed - I thought I would have sympathy for this guy, but every city has an ordinance like the one he's "fighting."
"Oh but the sunflowers are pretty" nobody would be giving the same sympathy if he was breaking the noise ordinance by blasting Mozart at 2am. It just seems silly imo.
And it seems disingenuous to call grass 50% of that yard, at soil level sure but the overall vegetation & canopy is significantly more than 50% sunflower.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:09 pm to SallysHuman
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What a terrible woman... some people can't stand other's joy.
What a hate-filled woman. I hope he can press criminal charges against her, but the local police may not be helpful.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:12 pm to SpotCheckBilly
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What a hate-filled woman. I hope he can press criminal charges against her, but the local police may not be helpful.
Since the city is against him, I doubt their employees (the police) will do much to help him. It was probably some count councilwoman that did it to begin with.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:18 pm to LegendInMyMind
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I know their plants but they're still living
The absolute state of journalism these days.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:23 pm to boxcarbarney
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The absolute state of journalism these days.
I'm glad someone else caught it. That isn't the only one in that article.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 2:25 pm to Bigdawgb
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Agreed - I thought I would have sympathy for this guy, but every city has an ordinance like the one he's "fighting."
That doesn't make it right. I'd rather see the flowers than another shitty, non-native turf grass lawn doing nothing.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:00 pm to LegendInMyMind
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non-native turf grass lawn doing nothing.
Turf grasses can do a ridiculous amount of cooling in hot climates.
Posted on 8/27/25 at 3:44 pm to notsince98
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Turf grasses can do a ridiculous amount of cooling in hot climates.
Nowhere near what native grasses and other plants can accomplish. Plus, just keeping them alive is a chore.
This post was edited on 8/27/25 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 8/27/25 at 4:44 pm to LegendInMyMind
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That doesn't make it right. I'd rather see the flowers than another shitty, non-native turf grass lawn doing nothing.
That's fine, but how do you convert that sentiment into policy? What if I plant native flowers that you dont happen to like? The city had already drawn a line in the sand & there are better ways (imo) of changing the ordinance without accruing fines & a record.
Thank you for actually replying instead of blindly downvoting though
Posted on 8/28/25 at 8:53 am to LegendInMyMind
thick turf can provide much more cooling than sparse native grasses. It isn't even that close. It isn't even that hard to maintain when you pick the right grass for the right location.
Anything other than grasses is a different subject and comparing apples to bowling balls.
Anything other than grasses is a different subject and comparing apples to bowling balls.
This post was edited on 8/28/25 at 8:54 am
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