via Happy Hobby Habit on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
The clump of poppies I was wondering about - something very interesting...
One of the plants has variegated foliage!
No kidding!
Dark, deep green down the center vein (nice, normal poppy leaf color) fading to a lighter green, to lime green and finally to a nice, bright white on the edges. Not transparency-ish, but a deep, snow white.
One plant out of the whole clump - very cool!
And I know it isn't diseased or sick.
It really does remind me of the coloring on a variegated hosta.
If the leaves were obviously not poppy, I would swear that's what it is!
I'll have to keep a sharp eye out for the bloom color.
Plants amaze me...
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via Human Flower Project on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
2007 is shaping up as Afghanistan’s biggest year ever for opium poppies. The United Nations has reported that last year production rose almost 50%, and with ongoing confusion about how (or whether) to eradicate the fields, the 2007 crop should be even poppier.
Originally posted by Julie
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via gardenpath on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
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I feel the strongest connection to the earth while tending my garden. What could be better that working under the sun, in the presence of flowers and butterflies? There is always something new source of wonder happening, whether it is the unfurling of a new blossom, or an exotic visitor dropping by.
For more haiku on this subject go here.
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Posted by Sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2007-01-30, 16:55:00
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via Petunia's Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
These
tiny mystery seedlings
back in March, became this poppy. It only made it to a pot and now lives on my potting bench outside the barn. I had collected the seeds from someone's garden years ago and wasn't sure what they would become.
The tiny seedlings were abused by lack of water on several occasions. Then they went into pots and hung out in the coldframe longer than needed. Some made it to the garden to be swallowed up by a large borage volunteer. This one made it to bloom and now it has a tiny seed head for another try next year. What a trooper!
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via Gardening Question of the Day (from the Old Farmer's Almanac) on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
The greens of my poppies are dying back. What is causing this? (answer).From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-07-26, 22:59:49
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via Adventures in my Urban Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Here are a few things I've learned this summer:
1) California Poppies grow well in crappy soil. That means they grow well in my sink where the dirt is compacted and has a tendency to dry out AND flood. The only question I have to ask myself is: should I try to improve the soil or just grow the poppies there and not worry about it?
2) As plants grow, they really do take up more space than you
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Posted by Black Eyed Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-07-24, 23:29:50
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via Windywillow on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Why? Why does this poppy want to grow out of the tarmac? I have perfectly good empty spaces in the garden! Actually, it looks funny sitting there on its own, like it has shunned its fellow flowers, had a bit of a tiff with the sweet pea!
I water it..
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Posted by Salix Tree Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-07-16, 23:22:26
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via An Alameda Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
I was beginning to think they'd never bloom. But this morning I went out back to find this beautiful poppy. Just the one bloom so far, but there are several more buds on this plant. I sowed seeds for both Shirley Poppies and Oriental Poppies in this bed. I believe the black splotches at the center mean this is an Oriental.
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Posted by Claire Splan Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-07-08, 23:22:50
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via Blue Ridge blog on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
I am generally not a 'pink' person, but I thought this poppy was pretty in pink as it rested in a bed beside the Mast Farm Inn greenhouse. . .
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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-06-01, 17:43:17
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via Sigruns German Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
What do you say to this poppy? It is wonderful. Later I must look for it's name, it is Papaver orientale.Yesterday morning at seven o'clock, ten minutes sun only! Geranium Tiny Monster, the living one, the other one I have killed!
Päonia
Geranium magnificum
Astrantia major 'Hadspen blood', bought at an holiday trip in a cornish garden
My small poppyfield
the boarder in the garden behind the
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via My California Garden in Zone 23 on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Who would guess that this hairy little flower bud would develop into flowers as lovely as these poppies?
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via 1-2-3 Go Garden! on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Today the first poppy bloomed. It's just an ordinary orange one, but it's nice.
Photo belongs to kbgardenblog.blogspot.com and may not be used without attribution.
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Posted by Karen Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-05-30, 11:10:03
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Oriental Poppy 
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Posted by Beverly Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-05-17, 23:13:13
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via Bookish Gardener on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Success (at last, and none of my doing) with the oriental poppy. I'd become resigned to thinking of the perennial poppy as a flower that I could admire only from afar, in someone else's gardens. About three seasons back, I'd...
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via In My Backyard on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
I looked it up in my book and I think the mystery plant is an African Daisy.
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Posted by Beverly Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-05-17, 11:08:08
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via prairie point on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Here is another flower I haven’t posted before. The foliage looks weedy and ugly to most people’s taste, but there is no denying that the flower is a beauty.
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Posted by Bill Reblogged by Old Roses to poppy on 2006-05-16, 11:27:20
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via SFGate: Home & Garden on 2006-02-25, 03:00:00
Common name: Breadseed poppy Genus/species: Papaver somniferum Family: Papaveraceae Description: Breadseed poppies are one of the great pleasures of spring here in the Bay Area. Unlike the vast variety of other poppy species, like...
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