Each summer I get obsessed with finding new flowers and plants for our backyard garden. I try to find as many perrenials as I can, simply to save money on replanting each year. Early in the season, in May, I found some poppies at the Brooklyn Terminal Market, and then also at Lowes near Red Hook. However, I've had no such luck growing them. I think they need dry, warm, sunny conditions - and with these continuous showers they have not flourished. I did have one or two bloom, and I'm hoping I might get a few more blooms once this rain stops... in the meantime here are some pics of poppies culled from the web.
