We have three beautiful oriental poppies flowering in the garden now, bought as individual plants from Lambley’s about 3 years ago and they have self-seeded to about four plants each now, a long wait but so worth it! The first are loved by my mum and I – Papaver orientale “Raspberry Queen” and Papaver orientale ‘Fatima’.
I don’t know why Mum does not like at all the last un-named orange(update- no longer un-named it is “The Sultan”) that is growing most successfully, I love it and love it more because It has been so unreasonably maligned – much to my benefit though as mum keeps digging it up and I get an instant happy family of I believe “The Sultan”.
I highly recommend these poppies as a seasonal flourish as they seem to float across the garden like giant dinner plates – they are at least 10 inches/25cm across. In late Autumn the seed heads make great dried flower displays as well.
The Garden Times 