tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post3071251370256478015..comments2024-03-28T08:18:57.280-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: 2 more and poppies!ellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-92085747677387455392021-04-11T11:26:13.382-05:002021-04-11T11:26:13.382-05:00Wonder what's up with those ruffly poppies?! H...Wonder 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?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-1919170370496712342021-04-11T10:50:29.780-05:002021-04-11T10:50:29.780-05:00Poppies always a fave, I love everything about the...Poppies 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?Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-75487459669498197242021-04-10T16:44:32.182-05:002021-04-10T16:44:32.182-05:00I love poppies! Thank you for taking me on a tour ...I love poppies! Thank you for taking me on a tour through yours!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-69575268380736317582021-04-10T14:59:11.250-05:002021-04-10T14:59:11.250-05:00I think the colors are pretty true. I do get an or...I think the colors are pretty true. I do get an orangey red variety but none were blooming when I took these pictures. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-6704016193904741792021-04-10T13:48:06.781-05:002021-04-10T13:48:06.781-05:00Wow! So many wonderful variations. Beautiful. D...Wow! 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.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-2635316466572485492021-04-10T13:46:02.077-05:002021-04-10T13:46:02.077-05:00Thank you so much. These are really exciting.Thank you so much. These are really exciting.Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-63218723062929494352021-04-10T11:45:34.887-05:002021-04-10T11:45:34.887-05:00How gorgeous is that!How gorgeous is that!Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-39958408512390008792021-04-10T09:08:22.672-05:002021-04-10T09:08:22.672-05:00these were seeds from a friend's garden. also ...these 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.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-85286481360711891312021-04-10T09:06:54.324-05:002021-04-10T09:06:54.324-05:00do you get the red ones or just the orange 'ca...do you get the red ones or just the orange 'california' poppies?ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-88611183537891139032021-04-10T09:06:07.781-05:002021-04-10T09:06:07.781-05:00I also get the occasional one that is a more orang...I also get the occasional one that is a more orangey red but none were blooming the days I took those pictures.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-9457187680930631452021-04-10T08:59:03.966-05:002021-04-10T08:59:03.966-05:00I don't know about poppies but they do get dru...I don't know about poppies but they do get drunk off figs that ferment in the sun on the trees.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-41229528995033967532021-04-10T08:57:40.495-05:002021-04-10T08:57:40.495-05:00well, now you've got my curiosity up. tall sin...well, now you've got my curiosity up. tall single white blossom?ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-35067656928299220152021-04-10T08:56:39.925-05:002021-04-10T08:56:39.925-05:00they're a little later than usual because of t...they're a little later than usual because of the arctic freeze. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-33340628223604816182021-04-10T08:55:28.105-05:002021-04-10T08:55:28.105-05:00I threw seeds down one year and they have reseeded...I threw seeds down one year and they have reseeded every year since. been at least 5 or 6 years.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-54406564300082782142021-04-10T06:28:43.522-05:002021-04-10T06:28:43.522-05:00Your poppies are gorgeous! I have tried but failed...Your poppies are gorgeous! I have tried but failed to grow poppies in my yard:(Suemnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578527883445802034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-45124985184588849892021-04-10T05:20:51.463-05:002021-04-10T05:20:51.463-05:00Wow, the poppies are an explosion of color. So ear...Wow, the poppies are an explosion of color. So early, too. Boudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00641013916263271948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-87855779904721841862021-04-09T19:18:55.566-05:002021-04-09T19:18:55.566-05:00I just love poppies... you have some truly beautif...I just love poppies... you have some truly beautiful ones. I especially like the ruffled one! Cool!Tehachaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12973382680508334105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-92201590148877067352021-04-09T19:03:30.937-05:002021-04-09T19:03:30.937-05:00Those are beautiful. My dad grew orange oriental p...Those 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.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-59031883740293959592021-04-09T18:23:41.136-05:002021-04-09T18:23:41.136-05:00Your poppies are so beautiful. Ours haven't bl...Your poppies are so beautiful. Ours haven't bloomed yet, and now I can hardly wait!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-19063674325903114692021-04-09T17:23:50.660-05:002021-04-09T17:23:50.660-05:00Love those genetic variations! That ruffly one loo...Love 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!shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-43169019370472935852021-04-09T17:06:21.926-05:002021-04-09T17:06:21.926-05:00Does poppy nectar make the bees drowsy? (I know th...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. <br />They sure are pretty.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com