Your Complete Guide to Planting and Growing Poppies
Although they don’t bloom for long periods of time, poppies bring a delightful dose of color and a wild, freeform aesthetic to any garden or landscape.
These relatively easy-to-maintain wildflowers have many forms; there are roughly 100 species, including several hybrids such as Amazing Grey, the California poppy (eschscholzia calnifornica), and prickly poppy (argemone polyanthemos), which range in color from deep bold hues, like citrine orange and canary yellow, to softer shades, like creamy white and blush pink.
“Poppies are quintessential wildflowers with a loose, carefree spirit,” says horticulturist Kelly D. Norris, the author of New Naturalism: Designing and Planting a Resilient, Ecologically Vibrant Home Garden. “They make great cut flowers and support foraging pollinators, too.”
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Blessed Memorial Day to you.
Beautiful flowers for a worthy memorial. I took advantage of cooler temperatures, low humidity, and a nice breeze to reorganize my garden pots. In doing so, I noticed more termites outside. Used Seven Dust, salt and oil of peppermint to deter them. Of course, notified the landlord about the termites.) My garden area looks better and there is still more work to do. That is ok as I love gardening.
I don’t know how widespread this problem is, but an online friend in Wyoming says that ALL the wheat fields in her area have been plowed under instead of being harvested. She says that, according to the farmer she talked to, it’s because the fields were so heavily contaminated with feral rye, that they’re not worth the cost of harvesting.
I’m pretty sure 2 of the wheat fields in my area had similar contamination last year. It’s really obvious when the wheat is a dwarf variety, which most are these days. It’ll be interesting to see what’s planted in those fields this year.