Thanks for the input everyone. I will wait for it to flower and report back. My partner likes the idea of the Californian Poppy so if it's that he'll want to keep it there.
Same here Darren which is why I doubted myself! Must have germinated last autumn and grew through the mild winter. I expect we'll see more of this sort of thing.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
We only built the mini rockery at the end of October last year so I'm not sure how it arrived there, but definitely wasn't germinated in the Autumn. The first photo I can find with it on is from the end of February - you can hopefully just about see it below the lowest rock positioned to the left of the rolled up sticks:
I'll definitely post an update photo with the actual flower so you can see what it turned out to be.
I'm guessing if it is the californian poppy with it being an annual it'd make sense to transplant it anyway and make better use of that position for something permanent like a fern.
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Looks like Eschscholzia to me too.
I have just bought some Eschscholzia seeds. And I am very happy if they grow that easily!
I missed that bud
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks for the input everyone. I will wait for it to flower and report back. My partner likes the idea of the Californian Poppy so if it's that he'll want to keep it there.
Lucid
I've already got a couple of Californian poppy plants which self seeded last year that are that size already so I'm on the poppy side!
All my past Californian poppies died after flowering and never got to this size or shape.
Same here Darren which is why I doubted myself! Must have germinated last autumn and grew through the mild winter. I expect we'll see more of this sort of thing.
We only built the mini rockery at the end of October last year so I'm not sure how it arrived there, but definitely wasn't germinated in the Autumn. The first photo I can find with it on is from the end of February - you can hopefully just about see it below the lowest rock positioned to the left of the rolled up sticks:
I'll definitely post an update photo with the actual flower so you can see what it turned out to be.
I'm guessing if it is the californian poppy with it being an annual it'd make sense to transplant it anyway and make better use of that position for something permanent like a fern.
Lucid
It might not transplant well Lucid. Poppies are renowned for not liking root disturbance and I'm sure I failed when trying it a few years ago.
Bob's right, they don't like being moved.