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  • Success after Five years trying - a blue poppy flowers...

    Grown from seed last year, watered in shade in summer, overwintered.. and at least five plants and the first two are flowering.
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  • #2
    Congratulations,a few years ago i paid good money for 1 potted plant,it did no good,so well done you.
    sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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    • #3
      Oh wow, it's beautiful!
      https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        My plants which I grew from seed are still v small but are gradually getting bigger - I reckon most won't flower until next year but that's fine by me.

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        • #5
          Congratulations! That's beautiful.

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          • #6
            I've got one of these in a pot that I bought from the Himalayan Garden at Grewelthorpe earlier this month.

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            I haven't yet decided where to put it, so if you could share some tips / advice please that'd be brilliant.

            Everything from soil requirements to location to care - I forgot to ask while I was there, and I'm subsequently led to believe they're not quite straightforward.
            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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            • #7
              Originally posted by mrbadexample View Post
              I've got one of these in a pot that I bought from the Himalayan Garden at Grewelthorpe earlier this month.

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              I haven't yet decided where to put it, so if you could share some tips / advice please that'd be brilliant.

              Everything from soil requirements to location to care - I forgot to ask while I was there, and I'm subsequently led to believe they're not quite straightforward.
              They like:
              light shade
              well drained but damp soil (tip on clay from a lady who gardens semi professionally: if clay soil, excavate a 20cm diameter circle down about 40-50cm. Replace soil in excavation with a loam/grit/leaf mulch mix.
              .
              They dislike:
              direct sun
              roots in water in winter
              being dry in summer

              I sowed seed last Feb in light potting compost (no fertiliser), left out in cold frame - sunny , froze in Beast from the East, germinated, potted on light loam then placed against a North facing wall and waitered a lot in hot summer. Big deep pots. Set up a sunshield for sun from the West. Placed in sheltered space in garden - North facing side of hedge which is damp but water drains away Willow to East and Buddleia to West shield form early/late sun...Left to overwinter.. Hey presto

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              • #8
                Beautiful. Lovely location, too.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Madasafish View Post
                  They like:
                  light shade...
                  Thanks, much appreciated.
                  Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                  By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                  While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                  At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                  • #10
                    They are beautiful, and lovely alongside the pink aquilegia. Where did you get the seed? Named variety, from a pal etc. Not sure how fresh it needs to be to get good germination like you've managed.
                    Last edited by Babru; 21-05-2019, 08:19 PM.
                    Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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                    • #11
                      That’s great news. I’ve tried to grow from seed for three seasons now. All in vain, every time!

                      Well done.

                      Kind Regards.............Rob

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Babru View Post
                        They are beautiful, and lovely alongside the pink aquilegia. Where did you get the seed? Named variety, from a pal etc. Not sure how fresh it needs to be to get good germination like you've managed.
                        ebay , named variety. Lingholm sold by https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/combleyplants

                        They need cold to germinate. So sowed on top of compost in seed tray, light covering (1mm) of compost, water, left in open cold frame where they can get soaked and frosted. They need cold to germinate - as I said above,, Beast from East job last year. (tried fridge, worked but not as well). Pricked out when just enough leaf to handle using teaspoon and take surrounding soil. Pots in open cold frame.. Keep MOIST.
                        Toooooo much sun will kill them so shaded.
                        Drying out will kill them.
                        Slugs will kill them..
                        Root disturbance will kill them
                        Last edited by Madasafish; 22-05-2019, 07:32 AM.

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                        • #13
                          I tried all sorts to germinate these poppies with no success - then last year I bought a plant and saved the seed which I sowed in the Autumn and left out in a tray - they came up like mustard and cress, over 100 seedlings, so my theory is fresh seed is a must and to get fresh seed buying a plant may be the best guarantee.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Madasafish View Post
                            They like:
                            light shade
                            well drained but damp soil (tip on clay from a lady who gardens semi professionally: if clay soil, excavate a 20cm diameter circle down about 40-50cm. Replace soil in excavation with a loam/grit/leaf mulch mix.
                            This must have worked, because despite this:

                            Originally posted by Madasafish View Post
                            They dislike...
                            roots in water in winter
                            It ain't dead yet.

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                            Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                            By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                            While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                            At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                            • #15
                              Good for you, fingers crossed they do well this year.

                              I've had them self sow in my last garden (Edinburgh must be cold and damp enough to keep them happy). Planted two in part shade autumn 2018 and they flowered beautifully last spring. BUT! Once I looked again at the variety I realise it is sterile, so no seeds. However I think this makes them flower a little bit longer, so pluses and minuses.

                              Anyway, a point to consider if you're buying a plant you want to get seed from.

                              The grower (Macplants in East Lothian, who specialise in meconopsis) tells me they should be divided every three years or so, so I'll get more plants then.
                              Last edited by Babru; 28-02-2020, 10:08 AM.
                              Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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