Welsh Poppy

In spite of the weather and season I have one or two of these cheerful little chappies popping up in the garden - self setters no doubt !

[wendy frost]

Lovely to see it so late in the year hope you get to enjoy them before we get a frost.

[Sue Cooper]

They’re amazing those Welsh poppies. They’re definitely survivors.

[Babs]

How lovely to have them growing in your garden.

[Dione Giorgio]

I have more success with self setters than with seed I sow myself. This one looks struggling to survive but it has a beautiful colour.

[Shirley B]

A very different coloured poppy to recent postings. Very welcome so late in the year.

[Lou Ann]

Wonderful light on this poppy. I’ve never seen a yellow poppy!

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely colour.

[Bep]

I know my yellow poppies as 'Iceland poppies'. Do you think they are the same?

[Paul]

Lovely but looks a little dejected 😔

[Beryl Lloyd]

@gijsje . I have previously looked this up and both are obviously from the Papaveracea family . The Iceland poppy being Papavera Nudicaule while the Welsh Poppy is meconopsis cambrica both look so alike except for their leaves !

[mittens (Marilyn)]

He is hanging in there. Pretty shot.

[Bep]

@beryl
Thanks, Beryl :-)

[Henri Russell]

Beautiful color.

[Brennie B]

I love these poppies.they seem self set too.oh beryl.our house lights just fused as i turned the living room light on.tried trip the switch but must be more..john up his mums so me n dog here with torch till he gets back!

[Beryl Lloyd]

@brennieb Ouch Brennie ! - how frustrating - Hope John will be back soon to sort out your lights - All I could do would be trying the trip switch and then call help !

[carol white]

A lovely capture. I had a couple in flower until the rain at the weekend ruined them

[Pat Knowles]

A yellow one too, I haven’t seen a yellow one for years, are the yellow ones always the Welsh ones. Good that it popped in a Welsh lasses garden Beryl!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice that it’s still in flower! Colourful capture

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh yellow, how unusual!

[gloria jones]

Neat capture, pov

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

you cannot but love them :-)

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this beautiful Poppy flower. Thanks for the interresting explanation. Fav.

[Phil Howcroft]

beautiful to see in yellow beryl

[KWind]

Pretty colour and focus.

[Danny Davies]

@gijsje I cant say they are the same as the welsh poppy. might be very close.... Papaver nudicaule, the Iceland poppy, is a boreal flowering plant. colour's are, orange, white and yellow. Native to subpolar regions of Europe, Asia and North America, and the mountains of Central Asia, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived ... Another yellow poppy is one from California.... Iceland's flower is Mountain Avens (Dryas Octopetala) The flowers are produced on stalks of up to 10 cm long, with eight creamy-white petals.... :)

[Danny Davies]

Very pretty Beryl. this is of the net..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meconopsis_cambrica
Meconopsis cambrica, the Welsh poppy, is a perennial flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It has yellow to orange flowers and is widely grown as a garden plant. ... This name change has already been accepted by 'The Plant List' (which is becoming the international arbiter of plant names) and by the RHS ... :)

[Bep]

@dannydavies
Thanks for the info.

[tony gig]

Great capture...fav