Tag: Papaver

Dust bowl

Papaver lateritium collected by Peter Davis on a river bank in the hilly Ikidere district of Rize in Eastern Turkey. Researching the flora of Turkey was Peter Davis’…

Arable beauties

Wild flower meadows are very much in vogue nowadays, but not many feature the Shetland Cabbage! This variety of Brassica oleraceae is reputed to have been cultivated in…

Highlights: 16.5.07

Paeonia suffruticosa: Another 2 metre tree paeonia. Pink / purple flowers the unfurling petals hold a delicate scent Papaver orientale ‘Olympia’: This mass of growth in the herbaceous…