Second Poppy to Flower

The second poppy in the garden is about to blossom; last night we still only had the one, but this morning, this one was looking to join its neighbour.

Love these, they spread quite considerably and can take over a garden if you're not careful, but if you keep on top of them, they give a lovely splash of red in May/June before the summer flowers arrive

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely focus and detail of the poppy in the jaunty beret !! Great water droplets and a super bokeh background ! fav

[JackieR]

Lovely focus mine no where near fliwering!

[Casablanca]

It's like watching a butterfly find its way out of the chyrsalis! Lovely shot

[Cherrill]

One of my favourites in the garden - mine aren't this far on. Love how its still got its hat on!!enhanced by the raindrops, a lovely image fav

[John Sutton]

Lovely picture. We've not got any in our garden yet, but I have an envelope with a few thousand poppy seeds in ready for when I start on the garden 🙂

[Lou Ann]

Wonderful flowers. Red poppies have a lot of meaning to us, we wear them on Veteran's Day in November, to honor our nation's Veterans.

[Sally Ings]

Beautifully captured, love it's furry hat

[Phil Sandford]

@louannwarren Lou, so do we in the UK

[Phil Sandford]

@beryl thank you Beryl
@30pics4jackiesdiamond Cheers Sis
@casablanca Thank you
@Cherrill Thanks Cherrill
@johnsutton Chhers John. Sow 'em mate, you know it makes sense
@salza Thanks Sally

[Shirley B]

Still waiting for mine to open. Well caught.

[Carol]

Fav. Caught at just the right moment.

[Dawn]

A fav

[FBailey]

Beautiful!

[Robin]

Fabulous close-up.

[Henri Russell]

Nice capture. I love how you captured it just as it is starting to open.

[Carole Sandford]

Strange, I would have expected the "case to have fallen off in reverse to this. Lovely shot though!

[Margo]

Love this shot fav

[Racheal]

wow, really had no idea this is how they bloom and the before shot. so pretty. love the DOF

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful shot, I so like poppies...Enjoy.

[Roy Hughes]

Excellent!

[Phil Sandford]

@boatman137 @cmsch52 @dawnee @fbailey @quicksilver @henrir @carole_sandford @777margo @rachealspictures @happysnaps @royrj Thank you all for your views, comments and favs and for taking this pic to the PP and TP