The garden is in bloom

[mauvedragon]

Our garden is in bloom, so I went and took photos of it.

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[_sabik_]

Yup, looks like poppies... Making poppy dolls?

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[mauvedragon]

Huh?

[_sabik_]

Take a poppy flower and carefully turn the petals inside out (so they hang downwards)... they form the skirt, while the pistil is the bodice and head. There - a poppy doll!

Like in this cartoon, also featuring a butterfly in a top-hat; though I do believe the poppy doll is traditional. It's just that when I google for it, the cartoon is what comes up, then people in costume...

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[_sabik_]

PS: Although, really, you'd do it when it's growing as a weed on the edge of a field, not in a garden.

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[goatsfoot]

oh these look lovely! it's great to inherit a nice garden in a sharehouse, even if it's a bit dishevelled, my last place was like that. whereabouts are you now? i can see in the top photo some geraniums (pink and red), calendula is the yellow, the former never dies, the latter always self seeds. i'm not sure about the second from the bottom, but could it be a fuschia (google image it)? i don't think it's native but it looks lovely :) i think it's pretty hardy. the bottom lot look like they're the hardy plants that don't need much water, i could be wrong especially if the middle one is a type of lavender

[mauvedragon]

This is in Noble Park.

This garden was never meant to be neat per se. The owner was always enthusiastic about it though. We have a green house, grey water and tank water. Not sure how exactly it is done though. We're going to be planting organic veg later this year.

[aylwyn27]

Ooooooh, very pretty.

Sorry I'm not much help on identifying, but I also think that's a form of fuschia and yep to the poppies. As for the rest I wish I knew cause they look great.

Good luck with the veggie garden. I'm just now harvesting most of mine.

[being_bec]

Very pretty. :)