semi di papavero / poppy seeds

Three years ago, I bought some poppy seedlings and I have had red and purple poppies in my garden every year ever since. Of course, after the first time, they sprout in surprise locations, but in the context of my serendipitous garden, that is perfectly fine.

The best part of having poppies in the garden is to see them bloom in real time. Harvesting the seeds is the second best part. In the photo above, you can see the pores beneath the stigma disk from which the seeds come out (the capsule is dehiscent by pores beneath the stigma). I let one of the capsules fall on a napkin and got the trail of seeds to photograph.

In case you are wondering, there were more seeds in the capsule than what you see in the photo. Also, I use the poppy seeds I harvest mostly in the making of challah (see bottom photo of this post).

This is my submission to week #6 edition of Black and White Wednesday - A Culinary Photography Event, recently launched by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook.

The photo was shot in color and then converted to black and white (one of these days I will remember to try shooting in the black and white setting).

This post contains the gallery of photos submitted to the event.

 

Comments

[Krithi]

Simply amazing!

[Caffettiera]

Poppies are one of the most fleeting beauties of nature. I somehow never thought poppy seeds came from regular poppies, funny :)

[anh]

stunning! I am growing poppies this year as well. Hopefully they will surprise me!

[Susan]

A knock-out. I've always been a poppy fan: their blooms, wiry stems, pods, and seeds.
A really fine shot, Simona.

Thank you for sharing it for BWW.

[Paz]

This is an awesome photo.

[Simona Carini]

Thanks, Krithi!

Ciao Caffettiera. They are very delicate, but also resilient. And beautiful in all the stages of their cycle.

Hi Anh. Good luck with your poppies: I hope you'll be pleased by them.

Thanks Susan. I am totally fascinated by poppies. I am happy that they seem to like my garden.

Thanks, Paz.

[Sally]

Do you know of a salad made with chopped up poppy plant?

[Simona Carini]

Hello Sally and thank you for stopping by. I have never heard of a poppy plant salad. Personally, I would not try it. I have a few plants in my garden, because I like the flowers. I don't even touch the plants until it is time to harvest the pods.