A few years ago, in an effort to get a little more variety in our flower beds in front of the house, I planted some poppy from seed. The first year saw several plants take root and produce a bunch of spindly flowers that lasted about a day, it seemed. The following year, the results were fewer plants with fewer flowers, with the flowers hardier than the previous year. Last year, what was left of the poppies produced bigger plants and a couple nice size blooms. And this year, it seems the few poppy plants that have finally established themselves are going to produce at least 7 flowers, and a couple of them are going to live up to their name of giant poppies. One of them will bloom any day now, and I snapped a photo this afternoon.
Ron Yeany
a motorcade up Benign Street shows the people that you care
