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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Sara Hudston

Country diary: A profusion of poppies on Chesil Beach

Cogden Beach, looking east to the Isle of Portland on the horizon over clumps of sea kale and yellow-horned poppy.
‘From June to September, the yellow-horned poppies are in bloom, their large, golden-yellow flowers flapping thin as butterfly wings in the salted breeze.’ Photograph: Sara Hudston

Along the drift line on Cogden Beach, where lark song from the meadows meets wave-thunder from the sea, there grows a profusion of plants adapted to coastal conditions.

From June to September, the yellow-horned poppies are in bloom, their large golden-yellow flowers flapping thin as butterfly wings in the salted breeze. The species gets its name from the slim, elongated curving pods, some almost the length of a forearm.

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