Great thread! Sorry for arriving late to the party. I went to Sissinghurst and fell in love with the deep purple poppies there! So I ordered some seeds (the 'Lauren's Grape' poppy variety).
We are now in July 2016 and I am writing on the hottest day of the year to ask: when should I plant my poppy seeds? Should I do so now, when all the plants seem to be naturally drying their pods and about to shed their seeds? Or should I wait until spring 2017?
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Great thread! Sorry for arriving late to the party. I went to Sissinghurst and fell in love with the deep purple poppies there! So I ordered some seeds (the 'Lauren's Grape' poppy variety).
We are now in July 2016 and I am writing on the hottest day of the year to ask: when should I plant my poppy seeds? Should I do so now, when all the plants seem to be naturally drying their pods and about to shed their seeds? Or should I wait until spring 2017?
I would like to know the answer to Anomander's question about when to sew these too!
I'd sow when the plant does, this side of winter at least
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