Poppies growing now

I've never seen poppies growing at this time of year.
I do have a special rose, in memory of my son. It's called precious love. It flowered as usual in the summer, and now it's full of buds just about to open. It's not done that before.

My red ones have finished but I still have orange Spanish poppies which flower from April to November.

I saw some on a slope by the road earlier when I was driving, thought it was unusual but appropriate.

I'm thrilled and delighted that I have some too. One fully opened yesterday but has taken a hit with the hard overnight frost but still well in evidence. Another two pod buds are there and swelling so I have high hopes. Oh yesssss,,,,,,,

I never think of poppies as growing this time of year but saw a wild border full in the city near me yesterday

So glad it's not just me.
The natural world has more ways than we know of offering hope and consolation it seems.

MrJ managed to take a picture yesterday from my car.

Good timing, lixy 🙂

No poppies but a delicate clematis is still flowering well.
The summer lobelia has taken on a new lease of life, is about a foot tall and covered with blue flowers.

I can't seem to grow red poppies at all but the orange ones spread everywhere.

No poppies here in central Europe. But the Californian poppies are still hanging on in there. We are beginning to wish we hadn't bought those seeds on our last trip to California.

Actually, I find all these flowers budding and flowering in winter rather worrying as it is a sign that tha globe is warming faster perhaps even than anticipated.