Sissinghurst Revisited

A bit of colour and sunshine to lift the spirits in the depths of Winter, some photographs from earlier in the year.

A bee foraging.

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Small, blue flowers in macro.

Plants in the shade.

Green flowers – Ixia viridifloria. Introduced by Vita Sackville-West to Sissinghurst, from South Africa.

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Ladybird Poppy

There are more than 70 species of Papaver. Poppies mainly grow in the Northern hemisphere.  This is the Ladybird Poppy (Papaver Commutatum).