Oops , meant to add inRaspberry red peony type of poppy too please! Signet

Hi Audrey! That sounds good. I'll take all the comfrey I can get. I want to grow a lot of it. It sounds like there are a lot of good uses for it. I don't plan on drinking it as a tea, however. I'm a little leery of doing that with herbs but it makes great healing pig fodder as well as garden fertilizer. I have really appreciated all that spurge. I have lots of space to fill. I spread it out in tiny pieces as an edging and am looking forward to seeing it filled out. I know what you mean about the oregano. I had it everywhere at our previous place too. Now I have mint in abundance all over this property! Want some mint? I'm happy to send you some blue flax seeds or I can save them for an exchange in the spring. Whatever you want to do is fine with me. If you want me to send them to you, you'll have to send me an email with your address.

I love a very full, cottage look, so I tend to actively seed poppies in areas I know will be more densely planted come spring. I loved how the poppies emerged from drifts of Jupiter's Beard, Statice, Lomandra in shadier spots, and some other plants in the front yard. It helped limit the sight of the lanky plants certainly. Amidst the roses that are grown in a more traditional way, the poppies stand out like sore thumbs. However, I love the flowers and it's not a public rose garden, ha. I can grow lanky poppies and not feel one bit worse for it. I tried some of the 'Erewhon' and 'Blue Shift' Sweet Peas from Annies in that area this year and they were beautiful! Great cut flowers. It's probably a bit cooler here though. I had them on lattice amidst other climbers. 'Jeri Jennings' is next to some volunteer dark purple sweet peas. The picture above shows some sweet pea foliage, but the flowers mostly finished before 'Jeri' started blooming recently. Right now I've got Nigella springing up in an area that is almost exclusively populated by succulent/drought tolerant plants. It's a strange look, but fun until I consider that I'll need serious gauntlets to rip out the dead Nigella soon. Puya are amazing until you weed around them and I'm mostly growing the smaller types like P. mirabilis and alpestris. A lot like roses actually!

Thank you everyone. I love peonies and have over 50 or so sprinkled throughout my yard. Nancy, don't give up on the poppies. I just plant them in full sun and make sure to water them in. They take a few years to show their full beauty, but once they do, they are amazing! BTW, these are Oriental poppies. If you were referring to the somniferum poppies, try growing them by winter sowing. I tried and failed so many times to grow this variety and only had great success with the winter sowing method. There's a forum on here with tons of information on how to do it. I'll try to post pics too. Good luck!