Last hurrah of the poppies
My seed-grown ‘Lauren’s Grape’ poppies debuted a week ago, to my delight. In my first blog post about them, I hoped temperatures would remain mild to keep the flowers going. Instead Austin hit a record high of 98 F! Still, the poppies kept popping.
I babied them, giving them a drink every other morning. I don’t actually know how thirsty they are, but with near-100-degree temps and several windy days, I didn’t want to take any chances.
Lovely April weather, warm but with low humidity, returned last weekend as the poppies finished up their show.
Let’s revel in poppy goodness!
The bees like them too.
I adore those crinkly, seafoam-green leaves too, although the bottom leaves get ratty and wilted. Let’s avoid that view.
The poppy is as attractive when it goes to seed as when it flowers, in my opinion.
I look forward to seeing more of the round, capped seedheads as grapey petals fall.
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They’re simply delicious!
Scrumptious! 😉
It’s too bad their show was brief but at least you had an opportunity to enjoy them for a time. I have a hard time with poppies of any kind here. We were hit with a heatwave last week too – ugh, it’s too early!
Right? Way too early for that kind of heat! I’m still seeing a few more poppies opening, however, so I may have counted them over a little too soon.
Oh, but what a hurrah it is! Though I lean more toward the red/orange poppies, these are wonderful.
Did you plant yours from the Denver Fling swag bag, Jason?