Dreamy Frilled Poppy
Poppies are a favourite of mine, obviously, as here is yet another to help to cheer your day! This is a beauty from my friend Jane’s garden. (Thank you again, Jane!). This one is a bright red frilled one with a beautiful, dreamy quality, in total contrast to the simpler ones I have shared recently. After a beautiful sunny yellow marigold flower yesterday, today’s is full of the warmth and passion of life! These petals look like flounced skirts caught in the middle of a swirling dance of joy. The buds behind will soon be bursting into dance to join in the fun. If you can, have a bit of a dance today, celebrating the very fact of being alive. I will join you! Flower a Day #511 View all posts on the Home page.
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Love this one! Not what I think of as a Poppy at all. Very full and beautiful. I hope to grow the more standard type Poppies this year. We shall see how that goes.
I have learned that this is a Peony Poppy, in the same family (though not the same) as opium poppies. And not related in the least to peonies, except in appearance. I must find out where my friend Jane got hers from. Thanks again, Shelly.
Looking more like a peony than the standard poppy, I bet this particular bloom is in fact a peony poppy. Its frilly skirts give it away, choosing to veer away from the simple elegance of the traditional poppy towards the more flamboyant style of the peony. Even in the most reserved of families can often be found one member with outsized flair for dramatic. Enter, stage right, the peony poppy! Thank you, Ellie, for adding some flair to my day.
And thank you, Janet for teaching me something about this particular plant. It appears to also be just a little more ‘out there’in its flamboyance, as the species includes the opium poppy. I will be looking for this particular plant in my seed catalogues for next year.
https://treehozz.com/what-is-a-peony-poppy
Thanks so much Ellie it is a lovely color. It’s interesting to when you’re look at the bud There seems to be a bit of a purple tinge to the flower before it opens. I am going to have to take a leisurely stroll through Jane’s Garden next year. Hope your day was good glad we didn’t lose power. Hugs yo you and Steve, have a great evening.
Thank you again, Linda. Jane’s garden is always worth a visit (except maybe just now under the snow and ice). Thanks to Janet’s comment I now realise that these beauties are actually peony poppies (also known as opium poppies), which is why they are so lush. I searched for these in Vesey’s catalogue but can’t find any! We’ll have to ask Jane where she got them from.
And it seems that although the species includes the opium poppy, this particular one is probably not that. Opium poppies are cultivated Ford their poppy seeds that we use in cooking. Sorry for the confusion. https://treehozz.com/what-is-a-peony-poppy