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Talkback: Growing ornamental poppies

I did not know you could shear back ornamental poppies and maybe get a few flowers later on! Will give this a go this year! No mention of how to get these plants. Do I wait until summer and buy from a garden centre, or can I grow them from seed by Patricia16

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15/05/2012 22:14:34

by pat McBride

Are they weeds or are they poppies?

flowered If it is the Welsh poppy it can turn into a nuisance, as they're difficult to weed out (they re-grow from scraps of taproot). They like acid soil, and will grow in sun or shade. by Julie Northey

19/05/2013 19:53:06

by Alina W

poppy

. Hi all that is a lovely poppy .I have seeds for one called laurens grape that is just gorgeous.Does anyone have any tips for growing poppies.Should I start indoors in loo rolls so I dont disturb the roots or just sprinkle on the ground and hope by linda horton

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04/02/2013 21:50:12

by debra kazalski

Talkback: Poppies and suchlike

,but what about the original plants,can I move them? I have poppies in my garden but they have not opened up yet. This is my first time of growing them. (my children did). I was given some poppy seeds 2 years ago. They flowered into a large mass and were by Kay Fuller

28/11/2011 18:38:53

by Sue Ann

Talkback: Oriental poppies

, just found Mrs Perry poppy on TheNurseries.com. They deliver throughout UK. Mrs Perry is a stunner! I started with one single poppy and now have two very established clumps. So easy to grow but be warned they have deep taproots and even if you think by pepperswash

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21/06/2012 21:08:48

by Vicki Cullen

need advice

agricultural college and on the way to work passed fields growing 'opium poppies'. Nipped off my bicycle one day home and collected some seed heads . Sowed them but nothing happened - perhaps they are sterile - I really don't know but sure someone here will by chica

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28/02/2013 00:01:29

by figrat

Floppy poppies

I have a bed at the back of my garden with paper and a tall country garden yellow flower growing and it looked lovely until the poppies came into flower. They are all floppy - and not just since the windy weather started- and I am so close just by frustrated_gardener

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10/06/2012 09:11:45

by Mrs S

Talkback: Nasturtium and thyme

they would probably have been heat treated.) Some other poppies (self seeded) have appeared in another separate bed.What type are edible? I have looked on internet but keep getting answers from US where it appears it is illegal to grow poppies at all by Frances M

28/11/2011 18:31:18

by HONEYBUG1

Poppy seed

I have always sown my seed into pots and trays then pricked them out etc because sowing straight into the ground doesnt work for me. I dont get anything come through. How do others sow HP and HB seed for poppies/ also if I cut the seed heads off by lucky3

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07/07/2012 19:04:28

by Lokelani

Himalayan blue poppy

. Thing is I know some waste land that every year has a lone poppy growing out of the wall! Any tips would be appreciated, thanks The problem is likely to be that they have come out of ideal conditions at T&M and don't like the change. Are you putting them by Rosemary Hawley

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10/05/2012 14:55:36

by metasequoia

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