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Designing A Garden With Poppies
May 19 2018 whimsy.
Designing a garden with poppies. See more ideas about poppies papaver flowers. Balls on sticks pendant closeted buds bobbing deep tap rooted. Exploit their bold but fleeting nature by using them as accents in a large perennial bed or mixed planting.
The iceplant is a ground cover and smaller in size than the poppy. The shrub maintains its variegated yellow color year round and is a vibrant contributor to the garden even in the middle of wither while adding a back drop to this spring display. Even in a much more controlled garden setting growing and transplanting poppies can be highly successful.
If you find yourself in their thrall and can afford the space feature poppies in masses of one cultivar or combinations of two or more ideally against a fence or hedge to show off the flowers. Simply take a pinch of about 10 to 20 seeds and sprinkle them over the top of the soil. There are most likely plant lists with bloom times for your specific area but what i like to do is keep a garden journal writing down when things in my yard are blooming as well as yards in my area.
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