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Too late in zone 5 for Oriental Poppies?

icebear
14 years ago

I planned to start some soon, but read in another current thread that it might be too late for them this year. Is it too late? Its no big deal if they won't flower this year, just as long as i could get recognizable plants that won't get mistaken for weeds...

and if i plant them in peat pellets or Dixie cups, will the seedlings sulk when they are transplanted out? (will i need to sow in something bigger?) I have never had a poppy *not* play dead for the rest of the year after transplanting. then the slugs get them... after 5 years and numerous tries, in different locations, with nursery poppies, i have only one poppy that returns every year. it showed up out of the blue two years ago after being planted 4 years ago.

It never gets to reseed because the last two years we have had 2 weeks straight of rain just after the plant flowers and the seedheads rot off before they can mature. Barring the rain and the subsequent slugs, everything else in that garden does well... *shrug*

i want lots of giant fluttery poppies some day.

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