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Papaver ruprifragum seeded itself here on the gravel area when I used to sell plants from this patch.
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The bees find them first thing in the morning, before the petals have even uncrumpled themselves - fourteen flowers, seven bees this morning....
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..sometimes three bees in each flower. We reckon to have about 2000 flowers from this clump each year!
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Having been pollinated early in the morning, the flowers drop their petals throughout the afternoon, but for the whole summer each day brings a dozen or more new flowers.
Perfect.