New Blooms as of Today

This is my first year with the Oriental Poppy and this is my first bloom. Many more are in the bud stage and I will post them as they open. This particular bloom is 6" in diameter. Sure hope the others are this brilliant and big!

Some of the things I like about it thus far is the size of the bloom, the brilliance of the color, it's evergreen, and low growing. The plant is about 6 or 8" high with the bloom towering up to about 12".



Disappointment

Well, I was disappointed with the life of the cut bloom. Two days and it was dropping petals. By the end of the second day, all petals had dropped.

The next bloom will be allowed to stay on the plant - hopefully it will last longer there than two days . . .

Faith Renewed
It really bothers me when I have a problem and can't figure it out ..so I did a google. This is what I found! It seems that you have to cut the poppy pod before it opens and let it open in the water, They say it will last for several days this way.

So I'm out  bright and early in the morning to cut a pod and put it in water . . . .

Guess I found out that I still have bunches to learn  ...but that's good! Keeps me young!