Ladybird Poppy

We made our annual trip to Fort Bragg’s Garden by the Sea. This large, brilliant crimson flower, Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird' (Poppy), is a very popular annual flower, featuring showy, bowl-shaped, vibrant red flower, 3 in. wide (8 cm), with a large black spot at the base of each petal. A prolific bloomer, each poppy may bear up two dozen or more flowers at a time. It was such a welcome and beautiful sight.

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