Sunday, June 7, 2009

Spanish Poppy/ Today's Flowers

Papaver atlanticum 'Flora Pleno'

Spanish poppies grow like weeds in my gardens. The plants are short-lived but reseed themselves freely. (Or maybe a chipmunk is farming them? We’ve often seen a local chipmunk harvesting the seeds for … hmmm … getting a little high?)

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22 comments:

Kerri Farley said...

Beautiful!

VALKYRIEN said...

Those puppies are so wonderful in color! This is beautiful!

Have a great evening!
Valkyrien

Cezar and Léia said...

I said once and I repeat now "I would love to have your garden for me"! LOL
Great picture!;-)
Léia

Leora said...

What a wonderful flower. Wonder if they would do well here in New Jersey.

judi/Gmj said...

Wow, so vibrant!

Lowell said...

Great orange color. I wonder what makes them "Spanish"?

Small City Scenes said...

very pretty. Once they get established they go on forever. I like your Chipmunk farming theory.
California Poppies are everywhere out here. Pretty though.
My "Today's Flowers" is on my Day4plus blog. MB

Betsy Banks Adams said...

Love that color, EG... Beautiful flower.
Hugs,
Betsy

Becky said...

How interesting EG. I'd like these growing in my garden.
B.

Carletta said...

Almost looks like paper!
Lovely!

Judy said...

Beautiful color, great capture.

PERBS said...

Beautiful and you get them for nothing! No planting and watering and tending. Lucky you!

Thanks for sharing something so beautiful!

Tom said...

This is a beautiful capture.. I am sat here with the image of a Chipmunk in a drug induced state running around your garden banging into everything.. :O)

Shammickite said...

I've tried to grow them but never had much success.... what's your secret?

Darla said...

What wonderful colors. They must look quite amazing in the garden.

Darla

Judy said...

I love the vibrant colour, and the way the sun shines through the petals!!

Rose said...

This is gorgeous and one of my favorite colors...

Anonymous said...

I love the angle you chose for this and the background.... soft and colorful, just lovely!

Ebie said...

Love the bright orange color!

Oman said...

i really love your macro shots. great details on a blurry background.

Pat - Arkansas said...

Lovely, Lovely! Have never seen a Spanish Poppy before. Poppies, in general, don't grow well here -- too hot. But I do love them. This one has such a gorgeous color!

Happily Retired Gal said...

Magnificent macro of this beautiful orange poppy! Love the rusty 'ouch' shot too ;--)
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