Weeds of cultivation Apennines Italy. Each year, farmers are obliged to set aside some 10% of their terrain as ‘fallow’ land. The seeds in the soil burst into growth after ploughing and the displays are astonishing …each year in different places. Comparatively species make the dials: scarlet field poppies (Papaver rhoeas), blue cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) white ox-eye daisies( Leucanthemum vulgare, white field chamomile (Anthemis arvensis) yellow vetches, Venus looking glass, various clovers… Apennines nr Monteleone di Spoleto (Umbria) Italy