Staying in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, right now as we often do, we visited Crathes Castle near Banchory on a beautiful sunny day. The early summer flowers were at their best.
These red and yellow poppies caught my eye in the June border in the lower garden, surrounded by pink lupins and rich purple irises.
These red and yellow poppies caught my eye in the June border in the lower garden, surrounded by pink lupins and rich purple irises.
I've only had poppies at one house I've lived in over my many years, big showy red ones like the first one here. I could finally see the opening up process which surprised me, those petals so tightly bound together that when they finally opened up, they were quite wrinkled.
ReplyDeleteIt’s that fragile yet blowsy quality that fascinates, I think - and then the bright look-at-me colour. They jumped from the border as I looked along its length.
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