Re: airhead
jeanne latta wrote:
.........
Will someone please tell me
> if the blooms on poppies poop out after two days only!!
> What a disappointment..and after I praised them so lavishly. The
> foxgloves on the other hand are still teriffic.
In my experience, Oriental poppies are not the easy plants the books
would have you believe. They like sandy loam, not too rich, and they
hate hot weather. They take 2-3 years to settle in before putting on
a show and that show definitely depends on the spring weather. Coolish,
rain but not too much, sun but not too hot. After 10 years of
struggling with them, my batch of Helen Elizabeth got wiped out by our
week of 106 degree heat one July a few years ago and I haven't replaced
them. But the few years they did perform, what a picture! They stopped
traffic, literally. Some day when I have more room, I'll definitely try
them again, perhaps with some afternoon shade. I combined their salmon
pink with Salvia 'East Friesland', spires of purply-blue, and in another
life,
I'll add some white or cream irises...
Anne LD
Anne LD - Chicago
>
> ---Yvette Howard <yvette@howards.com> wrote:
> >
> > jeanne latta wrote:
> > However, there are several more plump, juicy looking buds on the
> poppy so
> > I
> > have great expectations.
> >
> > -What do poppy buds look like? Mine are fuzzy. Is that a good sign?
> > Thank you for inspiring me to move things around. I was always scared
> > that doing that might kill my plants. But last night I went out and
> > shuffled things a bit. It looks great!
> >
> >
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