Two more survivors! The hummingbird bush and the mexican bird of paradise are putting up new growth from the roots. No signs of life from the hibiscus, bougainvillea, star of india gardenia, desert rose trumpet flower bush, purple orchid tree, and while the pink trumpet flower in the ground came back, the yellow one has not but since I have one in a pot, I'm not including it in the no show list. Same for the porterweed, dead in the ground but a living one in a pot. I haven't given up on the purple orchid tree yet but I'm pretty sure everything else that hasn't shown life by now is dead. So that's 4 or 5 lost depending on if I include the purple orchid tree.
The poppies are in full bloom.
Most are just the brilliant red with the four black spots
or the semi ruffly fluffy
or the trending to pink/lavender
or the white stripey
or the black spots with a white edge.
My neighbor's bees have been very busy in my yard so I hope he gifts me some of their honey later in the year.
Does poppy nectar make the bees drowsy? (I know they're probably the wrong sort of poppies for that.) But it's a sweet thought.
ReplyDeleteThey sure are pretty.
I don't know about poppies but they do get drunk off figs that ferment in the sun on the trees.
DeleteLove those genetic variations! That ruffly one looks like it belongs at the Race for the Roses, or perhaps an English wedding. It would make a dynamite hat!
ReplyDeleteI also get the occasional one that is a more orangey red but none were blooming the days I took those pictures.
DeleteYour poppies are so beautiful. Ours haven't bloomed yet, and now I can hardly wait!
ReplyDeletedo you get the red ones or just the orange 'california' poppies?
DeleteThose are beautiful. My dad grew orange oriental poppies. Very persknickety about transplantation. Worse than that plant with the tall single white blossom with a name I can't recall.
ReplyDeletewell, now you've got my curiosity up. tall single white blossom?
DeleteI just love poppies... you have some truly beautiful ones. I especially like the ruffled one! Cool!
ReplyDeletethese were seeds from a friend's garden. also had pink and purple ones but they didn't reseed as readily so don't have them anymore.
DeleteWow, the poppies are an explosion of color. So early, too.
ReplyDeletethey're a little later than usual because of the arctic freeze.
DeleteYour poppies are gorgeous! I have tried but failed to grow poppies in my yard:(
ReplyDeleteI threw seeds down one year and they have reseeded every year since. been at least 5 or 6 years.
DeleteHow gorgeous is that!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. These are really exciting.
ReplyDeleteWow! So many wonderful variations. Beautiful. Does your camera capture the true redness of the poppies? I find that my camera tends to translate blue-red to orangey red.
ReplyDeleteI think the colors are pretty true. I do get an orangey red variety but none were blooming when I took these pictures.
DeleteI love poppies! Thank you for taking me on a tour through yours!
ReplyDeletePoppies always a fave, I love everything about them, If I had a daughter i would name her Poppy. They grew well when we lived on the res by the bay where it was dry and sunny. Maybe that is their perfect environment?
ReplyDeleteWonder what's up with those ruffly poppies?! How bizarre that they'd just show up that way. Must be some genetic throwbacks to an earlier hybrid -- or a cross with someone else's poppies?
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