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Latest photos of poppies

  • Papaver 'Ladybird'
    Anget
  • Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum' - 2019
    Andrewr
  • Purple poppy.
    Oliveoil
  • Papaver orientale
    Hywel

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We have 528 photos of poppies

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • North Shropshire
    Heron
  • Corn Poppies (from blog) (corn poppies)
    Janey
  • Papaver Orientale........Victoria Louise (Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy))
    Janey
  • Papaver orientale 'Doubloon' (Papaver orientale (Oriental poppy))
    Spritzhenry
  • Poppies
    Clarice
  • Iceland Poppy.
    Bonkersbon
  • Poppy
    Irish
  • Poppy Open
    Irish

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Gardeners' thoughts

A field of Poppies in Poppy land

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My husband knows how much I love to see a field of poppies today he surprised me by taking me to see a field full of them...

47 comments

amy

25 Jun, 2014
Amy

My Poppies 2013

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Whether Meconopsis or Papaver I do like these brightly coloured flowers. I have been rewarded with a blue poppy for the first...

27 comments

scotsgran

26 Jun, 2013
Scotsgran

Once upon a time

Dsc00101

Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, I attempted to grow my very first Romneya. It died. And then I grew my second...

9 comments

jasonf

18 Aug, 2011
Jasonf

Meeting 'Patty'.

Temp_006

I don't know if you know the story of Papaver orientale 'Patty's Plum' do you? Well-it was discovered in the 1990s on a...

60 comments

spritzhenry

24 Feb, 2010
Spritzhenry

Perenial Poppies IDs Needed ...................

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Plez can any Member help with the ID/Name Of My 3 Garden Poppies? Id like so much 2 put them on their own Page in MY GARDEN...

20 comments

jacque

3 Jun, 2009
Jacque

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Questions & advice on poppies

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i am growing papaver poppys but they are dying i dug one up the soil seemed ok apart from red ants are these killing them

4 replies

tessiebear

6 Jun, 2019
Tessiebear

what would be the best way to sow collected poppy seed?

9 replies

rain

24 Sep, 2012
Rain

Dscf0307

Can anyone identify these poppies?

4 replies

pegatash

22 Jun, 2011
Pegatash

why am I seeing so many fields full of poppies?

3 replies

guest

22 Jun, 2010
Guest

Too late for Californian poppies?

3 replies

bryony

25 May, 2010
Bryony

Does the Papaver Orientale flower now - or is it too early?

6 replies

muddywelliessurrey

24 May, 2010
Muddywelliessurrey

How much do you have to water poppies

1 reply

guest

24 May, 2010
Guest

do poppy's affect the soil condition

7 replies

rayleigh

20 Apr, 2010
Rayleigh

This is probably the daftest question you have had

14 replies

geoffo

6 Apr, 2010
Geoffo

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I took a few root cuttings a while back and to my amazement they 'took'

7 replies

motinot

8 Feb, 2010
Motinot

I have just received a himalayam poppy I bought from a bulb company

5 replies

giveitago

4 Dec, 2009
Giveitago

Could someone please tell me if i can take Oriental Poppy root cuttings now and overwinter them indoors?

15 replies

motinot

17 Nov, 2009
Motinot

When do you plant poppy seeds?

20 replies

ian_digs_v2

15 Oct, 2009
Ian_digs_v2

Cutting back Welsh Poppies

6 replies

merlinbabydog

13 Jul, 2009
Merlinbabydog

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Poppy ID Please ??

7 replies

jacque

20 Jun, 2009
Jacque

Oriental Poppy

11 replies

motinot

17 Jun, 2009
Motinot

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Poppy

7 replies

TELME8

11 Jun, 2009
Telme8

poppies

4 replies

future_green_guru

3 Jun, 2009
Future_green_guru

How to deadhead my Papaver rubifragum / Spanish poppy

1 reply

poppylover

31 May, 2009
Poppylover

poppy seedlings lying flat

1 reply

bryony

5 Apr, 2009
Bryony

Poppy_heads

Opium Poppy

3 replies

sodapopklc

13 Sep, 2008
Sodapopklc

Welsh Poppies

2 replies

merlinbabydog

30 Jun, 2008
Merlinbabydog

Yellow Poppie a weed or not

7 replies

Scotkat

11 Jun, 2008
Scotkat

Wild_poppy

WILD POPPY

5 replies

Harli

24 Apr, 2008
Harli

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