Giant tropical poppies?.
Giant tropical poppies?.
I saw some of these on the alan titchmarsh show a few wk's back, where's the best place to get them although I realise it may be a little late this year now. karl.
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Just had a look on ebay Karl, there's plenty of seeds on there
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I bought mine from ebay, they're called Papaver 'Lady in Waiting'.
Be warned though, the flowers are amazing but very brief. The fern-like foliage is nicely tropical though.
Be warned though, the flowers are amazing but very brief. The fern-like foliage is nicely tropical though.
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are these "giant" because of their large seed heads, rather than massive flowers?
e.g. Papaver somniferum giganteum
e.g. Papaver somniferum giganteum
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I love the peony type Poppies, probaby cus I can't grow Peony...
I even went so far as to buy an everlasting Peony in a glass.
I even went so far as to buy an everlasting Peony in a glass.
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If its anything like the oriental popy I wouldn't bother. Last year the flowers on mine lasted 2 days at best.
Annoying as hell as it was in bud for ages. Maybe it was all the rain.
Don't know what happened to it this year, no sign of the plant what so ever
Annoying as hell as it was in bud for ages. Maybe it was all the rain.
Don't know what happened to it this year, no sign of the plant what so ever
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Regular Papaver somniferum is much nicer-lookingkata wrote:I love the peony type Poppies, probaby cus I can't grow Peony...
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I had a clump spring up from nowhere this year, each flower only lasts a day or 2 but the show lasted a couple of weeks. did you let them set seed as they are annuals?Delboy wrote:If its anything like the oriental popy I wouldn't bother. Last year the flowers on mine lasted 2 days at best.
Annoying as hell as it was in bud for ages. Maybe it was all the rain.
Don't know what happened to it this year, no sign of the plant what so ever
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fieldfest wrote:I had a clump spring up from nowhere this year, each flower only lasts a day or 2 but the show lasted a couple of weeks. did you let them set seed as they are annuals?Delboy wrote:If its anything like the oriental popy I wouldn't bother. Last year the flowers on mine lasted 2 days at best.
Annoying as hell as it was in bud for ages. Maybe it was all the rain.
Don't know what happened to it this year, no sign of the plant what so ever
Yes I left the plant be. It only flowered twice, really poor show.