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Exploding Poppies
I have a patch of poppies, some Californian originally from a packet
of seed but now enthusiastically self-seeding each year, some field poppies which just appeared and again self-seed, and some very large deep pink type with a glaucous serrated foliage and a flower almost like a pompon dahlia. These are about 2 feet tall and the flowers anything up to 4 inches diameter. Today, when looking out of my kitchen window, I saw one of these literally explode. All of the petals were discharged with some force, leaving the seed pod exposed. In the course of the afternoon, the same thing happened to another 3 of them, although I didn't see them blow. As far as I know, this hasn't happened in previous seasons and the petals have fallen naturally. Today's temperature was around 90 degrees with fierce sun and it's been like that for several days. I'm wondering if this poppy is native to a hot climate and doesn't normally do its party piece in the average English summer. Any idea what the variety might be? |
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