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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

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

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

Black Poppies

HI i have black poppy seeds when do i sow in pots If these are the very dark purple annual ones with grey green leaves I'd wait til it gets warmer and sow them straight into the garden. They don't like being transplanted. I know that conventional by jamesburke

23/03/2013 14:59:39

by nutcutlet

Talkback: Poppies and suchlike

My poppies are wonderful too.It is their 2nd year.I threw a packet of mixed wild seeds last year and up they came.However they are so big this year I would really like to move them.What do you think? I will collect the seeds this year though by Kay Fuller

28/11/2011 18:38:53

by Sue Ann

Talkback: Oriental poppies

Does anyone know of a knowledgeable nursery in the Eastbourne area?I've eventually got the time to garden and love it. I am a Mrs Perry and have been searching for poppy Mrs Perry for my garden but cannot find any. Does anyone know a stockist by pepperswash

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21/06/2012 21:08:48

by Vicki Cullen

Cutting back Poppies

Hi, My beautiful pink poppies have been battered by the wind and rain and are now looking very sorry for themselves....can I do the 'Chelsea chop' on them.....if thats what its called (as you can see I'm a newbie!) and if so, how far down do I chop by Loz

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10/06/2012 22:00:49

by weejenny

Broadcasting poppy seeds into the border

Watched GW the other week and saw Monty Don simply broadcasting last years poppy seeds into the borders. No preperation (other than the mulch he put down early in the season) and seeds werent covered. Just left to get on with it. Does this really by Tim Burr

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19/05/2012 23:06:19

by lucky3

Talkback: Garden birds and poppies

and plums and Pearmains off the trees instead, James. Much better for the waistline and to keep September colds at bay After my landscapers finished my new path there was a lot of shifting about of top soil in my garden and myriads of poppy seeds have by happymarion

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28/11/2011 18:44:05

by James A-S

Sowing Poppy Seeds

Hi Everyone, I want to grow some Poppies over my tulips when the die back. Do I just scrape back the composted bark, sprinkle the seeds and replace the bark? On Friday's GW, Monty just threw seeds into the Jewel Garden on top of the compost by Yvieh

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30/04/2012 12:44:23

by Yvieh

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