Re: Rain > poppies

Auralie,
Re > old-fashioned double orange poppies are
> starting to bloom.  I have no idea what kind they are -
I have the name at home.  Horticulture mag did a small article on them
several years ago.  The writer researched them and found they had been
brought here by immigrants from Europe.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Rain - a little


> We had a little shower this morning - gentle rain for maybe half an hour.
> Every
> little bit helps, but this is not nearly enough.  It is still overcast and
> cool - mid
> 50s - but no more rain.  It's been so cool I have delayed ptting out my
> tender
> plants - basil, tomatoes, etc. Haven't actually had frost in a week, but
it
> has been
> in the 30s and low 40s at night and scarcely up to 60 in the daytime.  I
just
> don't
> thing they would enjoy it.
> Daffodils are finally gone, and the old-fashioned double orange poppies
are
> starting to bloom.  I have no idea what kind they are - sent Marge a
picture
> a couple of years ago and she didn't know either - but I love them.  They
have
> dark blue-black centers, and always have very twisty stems.  Blooms about
> 3 1/2 inches across.  They don't last too long, and the foliage disappears
> completely when the flowers are gone - then comes back in  late summer.
> I guess some would call them invasive.  They don't like to stay put and
are
> always appearing somewhere I don't expect them, but they aren't invasive
as
> in crowding out other plants.
> Dogwoods have been very poor this year.  Don't know why, but probably
> has to do with last year's weather pattern.  Some years are much better
> than others.  This is just about the very northern edge of their range,
and
> having
> shallow root systems, they are very vulnerable to drought and any other
> unusual
> environmental situation.
> Auralie
>
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