It’s the Snowball I photographed on the previous page, huge plants around 4’ tall, seed heads are very big. I’ll put them in the thread when I’ve got some other seeds collected, rain stops play at the moment. 😀 I am very thankful for the rain though, could do with another week of it to get down to the roots, it’s just wet the top couple of inches at the moment.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
The Snowball poppy is amazing and I would have asked you for some spare seeds too @Lyn but apart from the common red poppy I really don't have much luck growing them either from seed or established purchased poppy plants. We must have differing soils I guess.
The only successful way to grow these type of poppies is to throw the seeds on the ground and walk away. Mother Nature takes care of their needs. All weeds/ wild flowers self seed better than sowing in trays.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I have some spare seed of the white-flowered variegated honesty (fresh, collected last week), and some of Ipomaea "Grandpa Ott" (collected last autumn but not needed because lots of self-sown plants appeared).
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
They don’t need good soil, as they're a wild flower they’ll survive in anything, my patch where I’ll scatter them doesn’t get anything on it, just a bit of compost in the Autumn.
I’ll sow plenty as the slugs have a go at them🙁
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
If they needed good soil I wouldn't be able to grow them! But you'll probably get bigger, lusher plants. On the plus side, the slugs here don't really seem to go for them.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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I’ll put them in the thread when I’ve got some other seeds collected, rain stops play at the moment. 😀
I am very thankful for the rain though, could do with another week of it to get down to the roots, it’s just wet the top couple of inches at the moment.
All weeds/ wild flowers self seed better than sowing in trays.
I’ll sow plenty as the slugs have a go at them🙁