My poppies haven't flowered yet. I have established and new ones. I can see the buds down inside the foliage just about ready to sprout up.

If they are oriental poppies, they might wait bloom until next year.

Brilliant, thank you both of you, I'll keep an eye on them and have a closer look at the foliage - they didn't come with labels as I bought them from my local nursery.

Thank you :)

what are the royal wedding poppies like?
i love poppies ~ i have those little yellow welsh ones that pop up all over the garden

I think the Royal Wedding poppies are white, they haven't bloomed yet though, I have a photo of them so far in my photo section.

I have those yellow ones too, they're gorgeous! I also have red, black, purple and blue, but the purple and blue are tiny seedlings so won't be able to see them in full glory till next year i should imagine. I'm not sure about all of this, I just put the seeds in and hoped for the best, hope I've done it right! :o) I love poppies too!

i do the same as you - put the seeds in and hope for the best - have you seen the ladybird poppies?

I haven't seen them bet they're gorgeous! Do you have them in your garden?

i havent got any at the moment ~ will have to wait and see if any have survived from last year ~ they are lovely ~ not big but they are red with black spots on ~ big patches of black really.

Oh lovely. I have seen them before, very beautiful. My black poppies look like they're going to flower soon, will post a photo when they do. :o)