Poppys

[flowerchild]

Have any of you ever planted poppys? My neighbor gave me some seed and I am unsure where to plant them. She says they look like weeds until they bloom. She has a rather all natural yard anyway. Do they do well in full sun or in shade? Need help here. Thanks.

 

[Tess]

Plant them in the full sun.

In Georgia, the Department of Transportation (DOT) grows them in the grass dividers that seperate the highways. Although it's against the law to pick them, it doesn't stop people from getting out and photographing them. They are beautiful!

 

[flowers39]

I love poppies, then again I love anything orange. Yes, plant them in full sun, You can plant them as soon as the weather breaks for spring. Don't mow them down - they do look like weeds until the flowers come.

 

[Atalanta]

I love orange flowers too and poppies are stunning! I've only recognized them in bloom so I didn't know they look like weeds until they flower.

 

[Daisy1]

In Flanders Fields

I was fortunate enough one year to be in Belgium one year when the poppies were in full bloom. There was a sea of orange-red blooms beside the roads. Underneath, they looked like weeds, but they were so beautiful we got out, stooped down and had our photos made in them. Poppies really do grow in Flanders fields. That's why poppies are for remembrance, I guess.

 

[jhoncarter247]

Poppies deserve a place in any garden: in wildflower and meadow plantings, perennial borders, cutting gardens or mixed-shrub borders. Their flower colors range from vibrant to subdued—from deepest crimson, bright orange and yellow to soft pink, dusky peach, rose, lilac , and cream. Flowers may be single, double or semi double, with amazing texture and size. The Iceland poppy produces flowers up to seven inches across above attractive blue-green, segmented foliage.
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