Poppy fields are an inspiring sight. There was one close by some years back next to Hopwas woods but it became a pig field and no more poppies. There are still plenty in my local area growing along the side of the old dry canal bed just outside the city.
The two yellow Poppies below are currently growing just in front of the study window. Once they have been pollinated the central part of the flower becomes the seed capsule. The flower dies away and the pod hardens forming the seed capsules as in the two pictures below. They look like purpose built seed dispensers slowly dispersing the seeds inside as they are blown about by the wind. Ingenious. Each individual seed is an embryonic plant protected by a hard cover, the seed coat. Each capsule contains hundreds of seeds.
