poppy question -Reply
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- Subject: poppy question -Reply
- From: S* S* <S*@Schwabe.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 15:57:42 -0800
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Shirley poppies are an annual that usually
self-sow. Very pretty, but weak stems. Try to
grow them where they flop onto something else
for support. Also susceptible to aphids later in
the warmers season, so I usually rip them out
by July. That's another planting consideration,
planting them where something else will hid
the whole as it matures later.
The only criteria I have found for sowing
annual poppies is a cold period. In Oregon,
about 6b/7a I sow them no later than March, so
they get some cold. I literally just throw them
on the soil and don't even cover them. They
get "rained" in around here. Do mark your spot.
Also easy to save your own seed for next year,
or even mark the "best" for culling out your own
strain that you prefer.
I can't remember the botanical name besides
papaver ??.
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