Pippi21's blog: Farewell Chinese Forget-me-nots

<p>I wintersowed some Chinese Forget-me-nots this year and with all the rain we have had this past 4-6 weeks, they have reseeded everywhere, but and I just pulled them all up and they went in yard waste bag to be picked up tomorrow. The Chinese FMN has long draping stems; I can see them being used in maybe a hanging basket or as an edger over a brick or stone wall. I'm sure in a few weeks, I'll see some more pop up as they reseed so quickly. Will never plant them again..Lesson learned!</p>
<p>More oriental poppies popped open today. I wished I had a camera set up to film the opening of the poppy pod. At 6:30 when I went outside to pick up newspaper, I could see a wee bit of orange/red color coming out of the green bulb/pod. I look out the door about an hour later and it appears to be open a bit more, and by 9 when the sun started shining, it was a full bloom. Amazing! I see one pink lupine bloom open today. I think those are the Russell hybrid variety. It is hidden almost by the stems/leaves of " Mrs. Bradshaw" Geum and the oriental poppies opening up. The colors of the Geum and the oriental poppies are so similar, in the Fall, I will transplant them elsewhere together. I pulled up what somebody said was yellow yarrow. Its leaves look nothing like other yarrow plants that I have seen. Goodbye Yarrow! Tomorrow I expect other flowers to be blooming.</p>

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