Plant or weed? (1)

9 years ago

Hello

Please can someone help me with whether this a plant worth keeping or a weed? A few of them are growing in amongst my potatoes, and I know that the previous tenants used the area as a veg plot too, so I'm never sure if anything that comes through is a weed, or a left over.

I have another plant that I think looks like a lettuce maybe, I'll post that in another message.

thanks for any help!

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saltcedar
9 years ago
Papaver somniferum.
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
9 years ago
It's an annual poppy, and IME don't transplant well. Mine are pink with a lavender blotch, some single and some double. IME it is best to collect the seed heads and sprinkle seed where you will want them next year in an area without mulch and without covering the seed.
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vicky_gort
Original Author
9 years ago
Hi, thanks for the ID. I like poppies, so I will try to leave it flower where it is. If it's annual, I wonder where it came from - we moved in last summer.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
9 years ago
collect the seed and sow it where you want it ... i hope i dont have to tell you what poppy seed looks like... lol...

sow immediately .. and mark the spot..

ken
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
9 years ago
Vicky - this is a very common pop up plant here. Once you have one you will have them every year from now on. I have them all over my allotment. I just weed them out if they are in the way. Otherwise I leave them. Colours vary - red, pink, mauve, single and double. Large decorative seed pods.