Planted 12 seedling poppies in spring and in early summer was rewarded with the most gloriously decadent display of blousey, papery flowers. I've always lamented not being able to grow paeonies in our climate - but these divine poppies would give the best paeony a run for their money!
One of the delights of these plants is that at every era of their lifespan they provide a interesting and beautiful displays - leaves are a buttery green colour and then the opening buds are a delight in themselves, with a burst of colour seeping out between the split calyx.
Then the flowers themselves - a troupe of ballerinas in pink toned tutu's dancing through the garden.
and last, but by no means least - the gorgeous seed heads - who gradually dry out and open up little holes at their top to release (in their own mini pepper shaker) the tiny black seeds we all love on our daily loaves (i've collected millions this year and we will be having our very own poppy seed loaf!
I wasn't sure how long the flowers would last in a vase - but I put together a potager bouquet for my mother in law's 60th and the flowers lasted for quite a few days before dropping their petals.
What a lovely result the bouquet ended up being - who needs a florist when you have a vege patch - poppies, artichoke leaves and rocket flowers - fabulous...
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