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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

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

You can easily propagate oriental poppies by taking root cuttings. They make perfect candidates for this propagation method as it exploits the plant's propensity to reproduce itself from every scrap of root left behind when plants are moved. Once

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

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

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

Hello, I'm new gardener and apart from a few oddities i'm doing quite well (i've even moved on to seeds!!). Question is about my poppy.  I bought it last year it was pink with a blick inner to petal and inside the black was a gorgeous electic blue

In a large pot, mix together a rich purple osteospermum with zesty yellow and orange bidens, lantana, portulaca and California poppies for the perfect summer cocktail.springJune - August 40 minutesOsteospermum 'Malindi'Lantana camaraCalifornia poppy

Hi, Can any one help ? Looking round my garden this morning and my small wild poppys that were all in bud ready to flower have vanished, just the buds gone leaving the stalks and leaves as if not touched, looks like you snipped bud of with sciccors

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