You've found the famous Dave's Garden website! Join this friendly global community that shares tips and ideas for home and gardens, along with seeds and plants!
Check out the DG homepage for a brief overview of what you'll find in this gardening mega-site.
Login
If you don't have an account yet, visit the registration page to sign up.
An elderly neighbor just walked over with her walker to see what we were doing and to see our flowers up close. Saturday, the orange poppy had one bloom open and that plant has about 5 more blooms to pop out. I have about 4 more poppy plants with buds ready to pop open. There is a mystery plant in front of the orange poppy that almost looks like lambs ear because of the silver/green foliage that looks similar to the fuzzy foliage of lambs ear. I have never planted LE but know that it pops up every once in a while, maybe from previous owner's planting or a bird dropped the seeds. I asked her if she knew what my mystery plant is and she is pretty knowledgable and she says it is a Calif. poppy. I showed her my calif. poppy(Mission bells variety)and she doesn't recognize it as calif. poppy. It has not bloomed yet, but my internet findings are that of the Mission variety. golden/orange or deep yellow. Now I'm curious..this lady lived in Calif. for 40 yrs. and she probably knows what she is talking about. Maybe the mystery plant is the oriental red poppy? I know I had red poppies last year..will be interesting to see all that shows up! My blue flax bloomed today, only a few blue blooms and they were blooming when we left for Home Depot as I was surprized. Get back home an hour later and one plant's blooms are on the ground..could a bird have picked it. There is a faint breeze but I don't think it would be strong enough to blow the blooms off, what's your opinion?
This thread has 2 replies. This forum is accessible only to subscribing members of Dave's Garden. There are many free features here, and about half of our forums are completely open to all members. Take a tour of our site and learn more about Dave's Garden, and explore the benefits of becoming a subscribing member.
