Helen Johnstone
I live in Malvern, Worcestershire and am a very keen gardener. I started the Patient Gardener Blog in January 2008 as a way of recording what was happening in my garden and connecting with other like-minded people. I started a second blog PatientGardener 365 January 2013 in order to try and post a photo a day to capture what is growing in my garden or places I have visited
May 7, 2014 at 8:02 am
I have had lovely pink opium poppy growing each year for 50 years! My last cottage garden I had hundreds in a special patch. I only have a few random ones here but have given lots of seeds away!
May 7, 2014 at 8:55 am
What lovely plump buds just waiting to open. But I don’ t think that they are Opium poppies Helen, they have the lovely hairy leaves of Papaver orientale. Papaver somniferum leaves are glaucous.
May 7, 2014 at 8:57 am
Arh thank you Chloris – I thought that was wrong but am so busy this week forgot to check – will change header
May 7, 2014 at 10:13 am
great shot. My poppies are not far behind yours which is surprising. I love the fuzzy stages of the leaves and buds.
May 7, 2014 at 12:19 pm
Look forward to a photo when they open
May 7, 2014 at 5:49 pm
Hi Kim
Took photo at garden visited so am afraid there won’t be a follow up
May 7, 2014 at 2:52 pm
Lovely photo! So much promise in those buds.
May 8, 2014 at 10:01 am
I love to watch them swelling and wait for that first hint of colour – although the same is true of any bud, I suppose!