Bob Williams wrote:


madgardener wrote:
One of a few Oriental poppies before the HEAT gets to them all..........
madgardener up on the ridge, back in Faerie Holler, overlooking
English Mountain in Eastern Tennessee, zone 7, Sunset zone 36

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Striking image, MG.
I love the intensity and contrast of the colors.
Bob Williams

thanks, Bob. One of the things that fascinates me about poppies, be
they Oriental, somniferum, meconopsis, whatever variety there is, the
intensity of the dark blue at the throat of some of them, the
complimentary contrasts. I want the old fashioned orange Oriental poppy
now, and won't put it close to the red one, but locating the "plain"
orange one isn't easy here in Eastern Tennessee. I'll probably have to
grow it from seed. The papaver somniferum varieties (bread seed as
they're now called) aren't easy to acquire seeds from, but come in a
huge assortment of colors as well. My grandmammy grew the somniferum
peony variety that was hot pink with the same blue at the base of each
petal. this little Sony cybershot camera almost captures what my eye
sees and I'm very grateful. it was overcast which is why it wasn't
washed out.
maddie