My neighbor Rob’s poppies have all popped now (top pic):

That lone poppy above is Tony’s. He’s my neighbor on the Boylston side. We had a little Memorial Day picnic in his garden yesterday, and as twilight approached I noticed that just as the party was starting in the Fens, his poppy was zipping up for the night.

His variety’s different from Rob’s, as you can see. Tony’s poppy has far fewer petals, but bigger bits (reminds me of that old Aubrey Beardsley cartoon).

Tony’s also got a lovely climatis:

My tree peony is finished for the season:

But I’ve got other peonies about ready to pop sometime probably late next week, so more peony porn to come! Stay tuned!

5/29/06

Categories: garden snapshots