Poppies in my garden

A lovely display this year and there's much more to come out. When we first moved here they were so small.

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Loverly but they don't last long enough,i scattered Poppy seeds last year from a single one that flowered in my garden but none have shown any sign of growing.

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Beautiful ... and though they have a short flowering life you can't beat them. They somehow capture summer for me like no other flower can.
I never have any luck growing the darn things else I'll love a clump.

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Love poppies and have some in my garden but the recent wind has knocked them around a bit but yours seem to have retained their shape, maursey and still look good.

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A lovely little crop of Poppies Maursey I love all varieties of Poppies, my house is full of Poppy pictures and i just like to see wild Poppies growing in fields with other wild flowers....

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Cranberry, they usually last for such a small time but this year they are staying well even though we have had strong winds at times.

Here are the poppies that I painted when they were very small a good few years ago.

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Both the poppies and your painting look great. I haven't got any poppies and could never paint them like that even if I had.

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I have those in the gardens at work and some at home and Yes, they are eye-catching but they are thugs because they tend to hog all the water and nutrients much like a weed does.

By all means enjoy the display but dig them out and destroy them before they set seed or you will have major problems with your much-loved perennials being starved. stevmk2

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And you can paint too! Will you dig them out maursey? I always think a plant is only a thug if it's allowed to become one - a bit like humans, really.

I'll not be digging mine up.

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No way Cranberry. I've not had any problems with my Poppies and the other flowering plants.