Missouri man will get a jury trial over a sunflower memorial he planted for a loved one, after a judge ruled the flowers count as a crop

Missouri man will get a jury trial over a sunflower memorial he planted for a loved one, after a judge ruled the flowers count as a crop

A Missouri man will get his day in court after the Missouri Court of Appeals ordered a jury trial over a sunflower memorial he says he planted to honor a loved one, according to The Sun. Chris Bank has apparently been caught in a years-long legal fight with the city of St. Peters over the garden, which he says he first started in 2021. The dispute escalated in October 2025 when a judge ruled that the sunflowers technically counted as a crop, acc…