Tag: annuals

  • The Glory of Poppies

    The Glory of Poppies

    Common poppies or Papaver rhoeas are endemic to the Mediterranean countryside, growing in profusion along the roads and on fallow meadows, turning the countryside red in April. They are natives of North Africa but naturalized on almost every continent. A very “common” flower indeed, and yet, if one takes time for a closer look, how…

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  • Linum

    Linum

    Pretty little flowers, as green manure or as perennials. Linum usitatissimum Sown in the fall of 2022 as green manure it covered wide swathes in the garden in dainty little blue flowers during May of 2023. Pretty but not very long-lasting. I will try Linum perenne next.

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