May 8th, 2012

Pretty Poppies Popping

by Jonah Holland

by Albert Brian Vick,  Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Community Kitchen Garden Coordinator 

I don’t know the exact variety of these oriental poppies, but they’re marvelous. These are part of a cutting garden grown by Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden staff and volunteers.  The items in this garden are specifically grown to be dried and used in arrangements displayed during Dominion GardenFest of Lights. The texture of the bloom is amazing, sort of like luminescent tissue paper. The color in these photos has been minimally enhanced.

poppy at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

poppies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

poppies at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

About Jonah Holland

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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