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Ornamental poppy

frenchy204frenchy204 Posts: 3
in Problem solving
My friend gave me a clump of beautiful large ornamental poppies , I have planted them in my garden but they have drooped terrible , I no they dont like being moved , but should I leave them and hope for the best , will they come back ?
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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Maybe too late now, but whenever I transplant anything,I pot it up,garden soil normally, water and leave it in the shade making sure it's well watered for a week,even when I buy plants I pop in a shady spot and water. I never plant anything straight away I find this always works
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    hi and welcome to the forum. 
    Depending on variety, you can cut them hard back and they'll sprout again. 
    There may be too much foliage to survive the move. 
    Can you supply a pic?
    Devon.
  • frenchy204frenchy204 Posts: 3
    This is what it looks like atm .
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Not a happy plant for sure.  If you manage to keep the flower going to the extent it forms a seed pod, you could save the seed and start again next year.
    If you were given them recently and just bunged them in the ground, it's probably not that surprising - they don't transplant well at that size and at this time of year and they will take an awful lot of TLC to make a decent plant...... if at all.
    Far better to start from seed IMO :)
  • gondorgondor Posts: 135
    edited June 2021
    I have some ORIENTAL poppies which I tried to transplant and they all died after flopping like yours. Just gonna leave them where they are and collect seed, as has been suggested.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The ground looks very inhospitable, which won't help either. It might have been better to pot it up and let it recover for a while before planting out. 
    Is that a Pieris next to it? If it is, it looks like it needs to be in a much shadier spot. They struggle in hot sunny sites unless the soil is suitable.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    They have long tap roots which don't take kindly to disturbance - hence the transplanting problem. :)
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    You've got nothing to lose by chopping it right down. If it spouts, all well and good, but it's not looking happy . 
    It's what I'd do with it.
    Devon.
  • frenchy204frenchy204 Posts: 3
     I'll give it a go and see what happens , thankyou for the advice 🙂
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    @Fairygirl. I think that plant is an Acer. 
    I would leave that poppy and let that pod go to seed, when it’s black and you can hear the seeds rattle, take them off and sow the seed  in the autumn in a sheltered part of the garden or a cold greenhouse.  Don’t cover the seed, just sprinkle on top of the compost. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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