The problem with poppies is that when they are in full growth in the spring and in flower they look fab but as soon as the flowers go over they tend to sprawl and look really untidy. Ok in a border where other plants help to hide them but grown in the gravel they look a mess. I tend to pull all the foliage off the one I have self seeded in gravel in my garden as soon as it finishes flowering. I keep thinking I have killed it but back it comes every year bigger and stronger.
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Looks as though you may have to look elsewhere........
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I'm sorry, but if I were you I'd move it - it is growing right on the boundary line and flopping over their garden. They'd be within their rights to cut it back to the boundary line.
They obviously have different tastes to you - they like clear lines and clean gravel. Presumably they don't impose their taste on you and if I were you I'd avoid appearing to try to impose my taste on my neighbours' garden.
Good neighbourly relations are worth a mint!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
have only just logged on read your question all the answers. this plant hasn't been poisoned. it has flowered, the petals drop then you're left with the seed heads which if left on the plant will eventually turn brown and disperse the seeds all over the garden. you can cut the stalks down if they are unsightly and also trim all the foliage back to ground level to tidy them up. they will then re-grow new foliage but won't flower again this year. you can buy plant supports which if put around the plant before they grow too high will support the foliage and flowers which then stop them becoming untidy looking, you need to do this at the start of the growing season. I wouldn't send plant or soil off for analysis you would be wasting your money, this is the way these plants grow, I have a border full of them.
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They sound as if they were fab Valerie. What a pity your neighbour doesn't like them - the petals disintegrate within a day or two.
A bamboo would have your neighbour begging for the poppies again in a few years
Billericay - Essex
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The problem with poppies is that when they are in full growth in the spring and in flower they look fab but as soon as the flowers go over they tend to sprawl and look really untidy. Ok in a border where other plants help to hide them but grown in the gravel they look a mess. I tend to pull all the foliage off the one I have self seeded in gravel in my garden as soon as it finishes flowering. I keep thinking I have killed it but back it comes every year bigger and stronger.
'Please note that the service only involves analysis of nutrients in garden soils. Nutrient analyses of composts, manures or container media are not available, nor is the analysis of potential soil contamination.'
Looks as though you may have to look elsewhere........
I'm sorry, but if I were you I'd move it - it is growing right on the boundary line and flopping over their garden. They'd be within their rights to cut it back to the boundary line.
They obviously have different tastes to you - they like clear lines and clean gravel. Presumably they don't impose their taste on you and if I were you I'd avoid appearing to try to impose my taste on my neighbours' garden.
Good neighbourly relations are worth a mint!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Very true, It's time to move on and see what happens. thank you for all the information where help can be acquired if needed.
have only just logged on read your question all the answers. this plant hasn't been poisoned. it has flowered, the petals drop then you're left with the seed heads which if left on the plant will eventually turn brown and disperse the seeds all over the garden. you can cut the stalks down if they are unsightly and also trim all the foliage back to ground level to tidy them up. they will then re-grow new foliage but won't flower again this year. you can buy plant supports which if put around the plant before they grow too high will support the foliage and flowers which then stop them becoming untidy looking, you need to do this at the start of the growing season. I wouldn't send plant or soil off for analysis you would be wasting your money, this is the way these plants grow, I have a border full of them.
hope this helps