Volunteer Poppies in the Garden

     I have blogged before about all of the “volunteers” (plants that sprout from seeds left from previous years) that come up in the garden.  When I weed the garden, I can distinguish between “weeds” and the tiny emerging poppy plant volunteers.  I usually leave the poppies to continue to grow.  As they grow they do make the garden look fairly chaotic and disorganized, but once they begin to bloom, they reward me by adding a lot of beautiful and colorful accents of red and lavender, spread throughout the garden.

    Below are some closeup photos of the poppies.

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