We passed this field at the weekend but could not stop. We had the chance to return today with a field of poppies as far as the eye can see. Not the same impact as red poppies but lovely all the same.
Thank you so much to the positive response and favs for yesterday’s water splash shots.
Still a lovely sight! There was a field of these near us a couple of years ago - none since! I think these ones are usually grown for medicinal purposes.
@carole_sandford yes Carole they are often in rural locations and medical companies sponsor/support the farmers to grow them. I know them as Opium poppies. At the weekend when the sun was shining there was quite a heady fragrance but not today.
@ludwigsdiana I believe that they are grown by the farmers for medical/ pharmaceutical companies. Several years ago I know of a company that grew them in very rural areas away from the public.
Unbelievable sight. I remember eating fresh, succulent, poppy seeds from ripe, dried seed capsules when I visited my cousin in the country when I was a child. But growing them has been banned for over 30 years in Poland - heroin addiction was a serious and widespread problem back then.
