devonwoody
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I thought the rain last week was going to slaughter those poppies, but they flourished.
PS the pictures are unmanipulated in anyway, straight from the camera.
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I thought the rain last week was going to slaughter those poppies, but they flourished.
PS the pictures are unmanipulated in anyway, straight from the camera.
andrewm
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Arrrgh! That was not what I wanted to see when I opened this post. I was warned against planting Californian Poppies because of their tendency to self seed and get everywhere. nevertheless I ignored the advice and after digging over the bed in a sunny position in the front garden sowed two packets. This was about five weeks ago. So far I have about half a dozen little shoots. This is the third year that this has happened. So what am I doing wrong?devonwoody":1j7ymazh said:
I thought the rain last week was going to slaughter those poppies, but they flourished.
PS the pictures are unmanipulated in anyway, straight from the camera.
devonwoody
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I used to have the same problem, sewn those seeds many times over the years no success.
However three years ago I took a hedge out (where those poppies are now) (also the hedge gave me a heart attack at the time) and last year those poppies were sewn, 1st year medium crop this year a bumper crop and plenty of strays all over the place,
I can post you some seeds if you want perhaps I have a good strain.
However three years ago I took a hedge out (where those poppies are now) (also the hedge gave me a heart attack at the time) and last year those poppies were sewn, 1st year medium crop this year a bumper crop and plenty of strays all over the place,
I can post you some seeds if you want perhaps I have a good strain.
TrimTheKing
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devonwoody":9520zrkj said:
Literally or figuratively speaking?
Mark
devonwoody
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yep litteraly, but survived it and after treatment I feel much better these days.
TrimTheKing
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Hells Bells! :shock:
They know what caused it? If you don't mind me asking.
Mark
They know what caused it? If you don't mind me asking.
Mark
devonwoody
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To much strain the hospital said cutting down the hedge!
Still its down now and I have got a nice crop of C.Poppies.
Still its down now and I have got a nice crop of C.Poppies.
Travis
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Hello Devonwoody
The flowers have a beautiful colour. I like them very much.
Travis
The flowers have a beautiful colour. I like them very much.
Travis
The reason the Poppies grew on the battle fields in WW1 DW is that they can lay dormant for hundreds of years before flowering, and the shelling, and lack of 'weed' control meant that they florished.
Roy.
