Welsh Poppies

 

 

Floating above fern-like foliage, the delicate yellow flowers bob their heads in the slightest breeze.  The plants seed into pavement cracks, but can in no way be judged to be a weed.

The plants compliment a cottage garden, a border or even a windowbox.  The flowers keep coming, even long after the brown seed pods have developed.  Whenever you brush past, the tiny back seeds scatter with a rattling sound, ready to form next year's plants.

The welsh poppy has been adopted by the political party Plaid Cymru.