Re: close call


No it is Papaver rupifragum 'Double Tangerine Gem'
http://wholesale.thompson-morgan.com/us/es/product/2124/1

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] close call


> Is the Double Tangerine Poppy an oriental?
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Jun 26, 2005, at 8:26 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > It's too hot to do much, but I did some deadheading just now.
> > Deadheading
> > performs one extra benefit.  It gives you a chance to look more
> > closely at
> > things.  In two cases today it was a good thing I did.  The dime-a-
> > dozen
> > Bloody Cranesbill had engulfed the Double Tangerine Poppy.  This is a
> > fantastic little poppy that blooms it's head off most of the
> > season,  The
> > brilliant flowers are supported way above the leaves on wiry
> > stems.  But the
> > leaves were completely covered up by the geranium, so I ripped out
> > a chunk
> > to give the poppy some breathing room.  Just a few feet away was my
> > Anemone
> > 'Bodnant Burgundy', a shortish, fall blooming variety.   It didn't
> > move at
> > all the first few years, but now it's starting to spread abit,
> > which I'm
> > thrilled about.  However, on closer inspection it was coming up
> > through
> > Thymus 'Doretta Klaber' which had just begun to bloom.  This is the
> > teeniest, tinyest thyme I've ever seen and I don't want to lose
> > it.  So, out
> > came the anemone.  Fortunately the stems hadn't mixed so no damage
> > to the
> > thyme and I got plenty of anemone root so I could pot them up.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Z5
> >
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