{"id":145546,"date":"2024-06-28T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/an-ode-to-poppies-the-prettiest-trickiest-stars-of-summer-gardens\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T17:15:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:15:25","slug":"an-ode-to-poppies-the-prettiest-trickiest-stars-of-summer-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/an-ode-to-poppies-the-prettiest-trickiest-stars-of-summer-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"An ode to poppies: the prettiest, trickiest stars of summer gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom the humble Welsh to the painterly Icelandic, poppies bring joy \u2013 even when you don\u2019t plant them on purpose. Here\u2019s how to make the most of themI wasn\u2019t one of those kids who had their own plot in the garden. I count myself fortunate to have had access to a garden and a feeling of comfort in roaming the nearby fields, but I was so bookish that I preferred rainy- day indoor play to playing outside. Nevertheless, it\u2019s interesting which plants we carry from our childhoods into our adult gardens: for me, a key one is Papaver cambricum, or Welsh poppy (AKA Notpoppies in our house, named by my Yorkshire grandfather, with according accent, after he \u2013 wrongly \u2013 identified them as such).Tiny, yellow, rebellious: for so long I resisted such things in my own garden, preferring the grand structure and swag of Icelandic poppies (heaven in a\u00a0vase) or flashier summer flowers. But your roots get you in the end, and this spring I rehoused half a dozen self-seeded \u201cNotpoppy\u201d plants that had smuggled their way from the garden of my upbringing into my parents\u2019 miniature (if verdant) town courtyard. My home feels more like home with each one that opens. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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