For a few weeks I adore Opium Poppies, and the bees adore them too. Standing waist high - if you look into the centre at all those stamens filled will pollen you will find bees furiously collecting it and making a helluva racket. The flowers don't seem to last five minutes before the petals fall in a shower. Then you just have to marvel at the pearly, grey-green pepperpot seedheads resting on silvered stems.
But, alas, their beauty starts to fade, and you start to get a little fed up of them. They are easy to pull out, but I always leave one or two plants so they can spread their seed and start their spectacular display all over again next year.
Ilove the Poppies too, it's a pity they don't last longer. C'est la vie.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at some of mine today, which I shall leave to self-seed! Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteI must have pulled too many of the Lauren's Purple last year - did not see one this year!
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty seedheads! Can you dry them? They might look very interesting in a dried bouquet.
ReplyDeleteI must say I tidy up my Oriental Poppy plants pretty soon after flowering. They look so scruffy in the border. I do leave the seedheads to dry in another part of the garden though, to admire their beauty. x
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