Caught before it's a seed pod

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  1. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    In years past a strange pod appeared, no flower, just a pod. I would notice, shrug, and continue on to view the next flower. This year, more frequent visits to this particular garden bed, compliments of our flower muncher, yielded a flower I had never viewed before. The petals fell off after two days :-( and the pod, what I had seen in the past, remained.

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    ???? Care to hazzard a guess?

    Jerry
     
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    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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  4. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Thank you Toni, I have had this flower for years, only one. This is the first year I have seen the flower.

    Jerry
     
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    Definitely a poppy! They will self-seed easily, but they don't transplant well.
    Poppies are one of the earliest flowers for us.
     



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    Very pretty :)
    I had an annual poppy pop up. The bloom only lasted 1 day, which made me sad. The weird thing is, it was in the exact same place that one grew 2 years ago. No idea how the seed even got there, I sure didnt plant it!
     
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    Cayuga Morning Strong Ash Plants Contributor

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    Jerry--You didn't plant it? I wonder how it got there. It does not look like the kind that self sows. And I guess if it were, you'd have them all over by now.

    I love the crepe paper look of oriental poppy flowers. The foliage of my perennial ones tends to die back a bit through the latter part of summer.
     
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    I love Oriental Poppy. It is beautiful!
     
  9. Palustris

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    The seeds of the annual poppy (Papaver rhoeas aka Flanders poppy) can survive in the soil for over 50 years. All they need then is a few minutes light to germinate and grow.
    Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy) comes in a variety of colours. again the seed survives for a very long time in the soil.
    These are some of our perennial poppies as opposed to the annual ones.


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    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    I love all the sorts of Poppy's, I just wish they were longer lived. Palustris , I am drooling over your Poppies in the 3rd photo down ... GORGEOUS!
     
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    Palustris Young Pine

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    That is Fringed Patty's Plum.
     
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    I love your Poppies. They are truly delicate and beautiful.

    My poppies last for a week. Here is how you do it, if you are inclined to do so.

    I tie up the flower stalks and lightly spray over the flower with Raid. This will not allow the rain to beat then down and not allow them to be pollinated. As soon as they get pollinated they are of no use to nature and will wilt and die. I have, also, put a beach umbrella up over them other years.

    This way you get to enjoy the flowers longer but you will not get any seeds. I find the spread from the roots as they mature so I don't care about the seeds.

    Also I have learned that they don't like to be moved but I go by my old time rule:

    I move things any time of the year and day as long as you water the hole that you dig, allot, and after planting, water, water, water. If the top dies it surely will come back for you in the Spring.
     
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    Funny that the perennial ones do not like being moved for you as the best way to propagate named types is by root cuttings. I find that moving them is impossible as any root left behind makes new growth.
     

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