Last year I planted 'Bridal Silk' Shirley Poppies in the gazebo garden.
The pure white annual poppies looked beautiful, a nice foil to lilies and delphinium.
Interestingly enough, one red poppy seed made it into the packet of white poppy seeds. I was amused and let it be in the garden.
But that one scarlet poppy had an effect. The plants seeded around in the garden, and this year, several of the poppies that came up are... a little different.
A few have blush pink edged petals.
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A couple others look even more like (what I'm assuming is) their red-flowered parent.
It is interesting to see what effect just one poppy had on my little garden of flowers.
It makes me wonder what next year's garden would look like if I keep the red and orange ones in, though they do not quite go with my more pastel-themed front garden.
But how beautiful is that?
Happy gardening!
Beautiful, the white is nice, but I love the pinks. I think I need to grow some poppies again! Your delphinium is amazing again.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love the pinks, too - they are my favorites!
DeleteCrosses are always interesting to see, esp. among poppies. I love the delicate white. I grow mauve and red P. somniferum in separate beds to keep the colors pure, but crosses still happen, which are often a deep raspberry. I almost lost the original colors from crossing until one year I deadheaded all but the original colors. By the next year, there were even less, until I achieved the pure colors again.
ReplyDeleteA deep raspberry sounds beautiful. I am currently deadheading the orange and red ones, but keeping the pinks. We'll see what happens next year.
DeleteThis is interesting, you can then collect the specific seeds from the colors you like and see if they mutate or stay true, like the white with rose edges. so lovely :-)
ReplyDeleteI love the rose-edged ones, too. I'm keeping those and deadheading the orange and red ones, so we'll see what happens next year!
DeleteWow, that's beautiful! I've never seen white poppies before. I didn't even know they existed.
ReplyDeleteThey managed to separate the white strain, which makes for a lovely mass of white flowers!
DeleteRed poppies are close to perfection. Let them spread!
ReplyDeleteI am tempted. I keep trying to design a pastel colored garden in the front, but keep getting waylaid by my love of bright and brilliantly colored flowers!
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