Re: [SG] A Blue Poppy Story
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] A Blue Poppy Story
- From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:28:26 -0500
Yes Carrie,
There is this super mean faire with a keen blade who has a thing about
blue poppies.......but that is in the Himalayan mountains. Around here we
only have deer.
This is one of those plants that dies after blooming. If you prevent it
from blooming the first year it will form offsets that will survive for the
following year, and often more. Pinch a few and leave a few and pretty soon
you have a stand going tended by nature ( deer and/or fairies)
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> GeneBush wrote:
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> > Hello Nancy,
> > Don't I wish I could grow about anything.... but thank you for
the
> > compliment.
> >
> > I now know I should not have allowed to bloom the first year. Almost
> > certain death to the plant.
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> If that is true Gene, how do they ever survive in the wild? Is there a
"Poppy
> Fairey" that goes around and debuds them?
> Carrie; Zone 6
