{"id":4938,"date":"2013-06-14T04:11:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2013-06-06T09:27:23","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T16:27:23","slug":"red-poppy-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/red-poppy-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Poppies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poppies are a great flower and the greatest colour must be red.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redpoppies\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2572\/3966060822_0b0d6147db.jpg\" alt=\"redpoppies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was surprised to see these red poppies still flowering into Octobers. Simple to grow, these red poppies offer a dazzling display of late season colour.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redpoppies\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2505\/3965284935_538744c6a3.jpg\" alt=\"redpoppies\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Red Poppies from Seed<\/h4>\n<p>Red poppies are easy to grow from seed. Annuals grow quickly and tolerate a range of soils, preferring a sunny position. Perennial red poppies are also quite easy to grow, though the flowers are more blousy and may need staking.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"redpoppies\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2233\/3966062804_2657c235f0.jpg\" alt=\"redpoppies\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Red Poppies against backdrop of Magadalen College, Oxford<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3856658348\/\" title=\"Poppy by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2601\/3856658348_b969b212da.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Poppy\"><\/a><br \/>\nSelf sown at home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4666544469\/\" title=\"poppy by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4017\/4666544469_2125524946.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"poppy\"><\/a><br \/>\nOriental poppy with a traditional black eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/3785605738\/\" title=\"Field Poppies by brianpettinger, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2475\/3785605738_e30f80ac86.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Field Poppies\"><\/a><br \/>\nPoppies in a meadow from a wild flower mixture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poppies are a great flower and the greatest colour must be red. I was surprised to see these red poppies still flowering into Octobers. Simple to grow, these red poppies offer a dazzling display of late season colour. Red Poppies from Seed Red poppies are easy to grow from seed. Annuals grow quickly and tolerate a range of soils, preferring a sunny position. Perennial red poppies are also quite easy to grow, though the flowers are more blousy and may&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/red-poppy-flowers\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}