I have to say that I love your California poppies like crazy! Those look awesome!

They self seeded all along there. I fact I had pulled many out that were actually between the daylilies. I bought seeds last year and started them in little pots then transplanted all along that row. They started blooming and never stop till friost got them. But they came up again from seeds dropped last year. The seeds are sooo tiny one can barely see them.

Everthing else is very pretty, but the poppies are to die for. Beautiful and so cheerful, rita.
kay

I like the Vernal Tutone compliments the Forever Stella. Lou Anna looks great with that colorful rose!

Debra

I like the poppies too! I had some Cal poppies once, but they were white & just didn't do much for me. Yours are much better. Love the roses, especially like the 4th picture.

Debra- I have two rows of daylilies along there. One row are the extra earlies of which those two are the only ones in bloom as yet. The other row are extra lates so that I get much later bloom along in there too.

The poppies are mostly a medium yellow. There are some white ones mixed in and there are also some a deeper golden color like this clump here.

At first glance, before my eyes had truly focused on the pic, the Cali poppies looked like a row of Stella de Oro. Then I saw what it was and it made me homesick because I grew up in So Cal.

Rita, I don't think I've posted on one of your threads before, but I want to say that all of your flowers and gardens are just gorgeous.

Casey- Thank you, I have worked on my gardens for many years now.

Those california poppies grow very well here on Long Island, NY as well as California :-) You could get some seeds, they are easy to start and then they just self seed after that. Not too late to start seeds.

Everything looks terrific, but I'm really taken with the California Poppies. Have you tried other poppies from seed? I remember a trip down south somewhere where there were tons of Flanders poppies planted in the highway median. It was beautiful.

I am not patient enough to try any thing but the annual poppies from seed. I bought Red annual poppies and California poppies seeds last year but these were the only ones I got around to planting. I like them along in the pathway there, even if they do threaten to take over my path.

I bought some perrenial poppies this year as small plants mail order that I got from Graceful Gardens. Those are called Fruit Punch but they are not blooming yet. Plants probably too small to bloom yet.

When Lou Anna clumps up, she is going to be stunning in front of that red rose bush! I've been reading about
California Poppies. They are subject to fungus disease down here in our humid climate. But I love the foliage almost as much as the flower... so, I still may try a package of seeds next year. I want a good annual that I can grow from seed, besides Profusion Zinnia's. I need a change!
Kathy

Most Fungus really easy to get rid of. Just use a systemic that is made for roses and give it a quick spray once in a while. I spray my zinnias, honeysuckles and Columbines as those all want to get powdery mildew in my garden. So when I spray the roses, I spray afew other things also.

All those came from one packet of seed last year then seeded themselves this year.

Lou Anna has been there for years and the clump never seems to get any bigger. I have three of the extra earlies along there and none of them have clumped up much. They just seem to stay the way they are.

Wow the poppies are nice, and self seeding that is even better. Everything looks good, I had my first Asiatic lily bloom today, I do love them. Yours look really nice with the roses. cindy

Nice photos Rita. Your daylilies look nice and lush. Hopefully we get some rain tonight and tomorrow. The last few days of above normal temps has started some scorching of the leaves here. Can you believe it...I'm actually requesting some rain LOL.

Julia

Cindy- I was walking around today looking at all the lilies I have in soooo many areas of the garden. Have been adding them for years here and it really looks to be paying off this year. They just barely started. And I love all the different types, Asiatic, Oriental and all the many hybreds. Best Seller is an AT hybred like Red Alert is and it (Best Seller) is one of the early bloomers here. But then the trumpets and the various OT hybreds and orientpets start up much later I think.

Julia- Lots of scapes starting to show up here so bloom season should be good. At least I hope so. We had rain last night which was good because that means I did not have to water anything.

Your garden looks great again. Love both the foliage and the flowers on the poppies. What is the orange lily in the picture with the roses? It has sooo many buds on it.
Val

Val- It is just a common solid orange asiatic lily. Nothing really special about it, just that it is pretty.

Great to see your California poppies - when I was growing
up, my mother had a very large flower garden and there was
always cps blooming. I loved them, they were so cheerful
and no trouble to grow.

Glad people like them.

Kay/phal

I'll say it againI LOVE!!!!!!your garden you must spend 8 hours a day in it to keep it so beautiful.
Linda

Kay/phal- If I had realised how easy the Califorenia poppies would be I would have had them years ago.

Linda- I do spend lots of time in the garden. Usually going in and out all day long. In the summer my back patio becomes like a second living room for me. I just spend lots of time out there.

I do some work outside most days but its really not that bad. This year since I finially wasn't making another new garden bed first thing in the spring (out of room) it seemed easier to get lots more done.

great pop of poppy color . nice bright yellowy orange.
I forgot to deadhead mine for a while and have no blooms, but they'll come back, especially if we get some RAIN!!!! please more rain to OKC> :)