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Five oriental poppy varietiesFor a short but glorious time in June oriental poppies enliven borders with a flamboyant floral display. Discover which are the best performers, in Carol Klein's guide to her favourite varieties.The foliage of oriental

and water well.Wait until new shoots have emerged and formed new roots, before potting up singly.More on growing poppiesCarol Klein's favourite oriental poppies Plant search results for poppies

For a short but glorious time in June oriental poppies come into their own, providing flamboyant displays to enliven borders, says Carol Klein.Most gardeners yearn for a splash of glamour, and the most flamboyant of all June's flowers has

to it for supportCut down pulmonarias and doronicum, then drench the soil around them with a liquid feedLift and divide clumps of primulasCut back the foliage of daffodils to clear beds for summer plantingTrim leaves and faded flowers from oriental 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

? I have taken last years seeds and i am growing some more.  I will be curious to see what colours the seeds turn out! Also the poppy has gone massive. Once its finished flowering when would be the best time to split it and how? Thanks in advance I

you've dug them up, they often grow back! Good way to make more though. I remember years ago, when we had summers, spending a very zen hour or so in the morning watching an oriental poppy flower open, I caught it just as the green case split

sheltered spot if conditions turn very coldTake root cuttings of oriental poppies and other perennialsLook for early-flowering snowdrops to pot up and bring into the housePrepare soil well before planting new rosesCover branches of holly berries with netting

of these lovely plants is just that, I'm afraid, a dream. I have hundreds of the blowsy bright scarlet double oriental poppies, which I can't eradicate ( even if I wanted to! ) which grow and proliferate like weeds!  Peaty soil, lots of rain, cold winters, late

) have started flowering. (They are annuals and not to be confused with the beefier oriental poppies - like this striking red Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermere'.)These are one of my most favourite flowers: so delicate, so unbelievably beautiful