Poppies are beautiful. But I suspect these ones were stunted because of my hard, clay soil. I dug a cylindrical space six feet in diameter and about 15 inches deep into my native soil and amended it. There was a clear difference between this year's and last year's blooms. (Last year's blooms were the size of my thumb). But it appears that something was still wrong with my soil since the roots only went a few inches deep. Also, it's hot where I live, too hot for poppies to be comfortable. Leaves started burning before any buds appeared.

I really, REALLY want to redo this video the way I originally intended it, showing the germination, young plants, and then blooms of multiple poppies at once. But for now, I hope you enjoyed this video.

The incredible song used is titled, "resurrect (prod. cocótvç)" by kyræhle
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Although the song is no longer on her soundcloud, kyræhle has allowed me to share a download of the file with all of you here.
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