Blue Himalayan poppy

[Blue_In_AK]

Last edited Thu Jun 14, 2012, 12:39 AM - Edit history (1)

I'm not even sure I got one bloom on my two Himalayan poppy plants last year, but this spring I consulted with the nice young man at the Dimond Greenhouse, who suggested feeding them a little bone meal. Voila! Six buds. I really love these.

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[Solly Mack]

1. That is gorgeous!

Flower and photo! Just wonderful!

[Blue_In_AK]

3. They really are beautiful flowers.

If we'd get a little sun, I'm sure it would lift its head up so I could get a better shot of the center of the flower. but it's just been raining and raining.

[freshwest]

2. What detail! The little hairs, the touch of red here and there. Great!

[Betsy Ross]

4. There are very few truly blue flowers.

This is a magnificent one. Great photo.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. We are lucky to have these

and the very beautiful little forget-me-nots, which happen to be Alaska's state flower. I have a bumper crop of them this year.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. What a wonderful picture! Wow...thank you! n/t

[Celebration]

7. what an amazing flower

I don't think they grow here. In any case, I don't see them.

Great photo, Blue.

[randr]

8. Mine are not quite so blue

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[Blue_In_AK]

9. Gorgeous!

We've finally got some sun today and I now I have three blooms actually open like yours. I think the depth of the blue has to do with the pH of your soil, or so I've read. .

[randr]

10. Our soil is generally alkalinish

Hope to see some of yours in full bloom.

[Mira]

11. Dang - I had no idea there are blue poppies.

As disconcerting to me as a blue Coca Cola truck would be.
Utterly gorgeous flower and photo.

[Blue_In_AK]

12. As you wish.

I just took these today. These are right out of the camera, no processing. By the way, I checked my pH and it's right on 7, which is actually a little on the alkaline side, but the flowers seem to be doing okay. I might add some garden sulfur.

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This is along the walkway to our front door. The yellow flowers are arctic poppies, which also come in orange. I had some orange ones last year, but so far this year, they've all been yellow. These were here in this spot when I bought my home in 1990 and come back reliably year after year with no encouragement.

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[ljm2002]

13. Wonderful!

I didn't know poppies came in that color. Poppies are such great flowers!