I grow all poppies succesfully here. I get some self seed, but usually I start them in the greenhouse in small pots and plant out fairly quickly, ensuring they are very wet. They are a bit tricky, but I find if you can keep the rootball intact it helps. I made a mistake with my eschsholzia (say that when you are durnk!) and planted in the shade - they grew leggy and flopped, but still flowered. What a wonderful flower the are. Like a inca sun. Also of mention are the black poppies, they are a superb plant for a border (IMO) a well established one in good soil will grow sturdy and the flowers dominate they eye. Then there are the wild reds - always remind me of the first world war.... these self seed well. The love newly raked ground. The Shirleys. I saw these at Chelsea with stems as big as a man's finger, so impressive, but I have never got them too be that big.
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I made a mistake with my eschsholzia (say that when you are durnk!) and planted in the shade - they grew leggy and flopped, but still flowered. What a wonderful flower the are. Like a inca sun. Also of mention are the black poppies, they are a superb plant for a border (IMO) a well established one in good soil will grow sturdy and the flowers dominate they eye. Then there are the wild reds - always remind me of the first world war.... these self seed well. The love newly raked ground.
The Shirleys. I saw these at Chelsea with stems as big as a man's finger, so impressive, but I have never got them too be that big.
I am a poppy nut.