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poppies-length of bloom

19 years ago

I'm trying poppies for the first time. They were 6 packs sold as annuals. Some were of the peony type, another was called Danish flag, and another thai silk. The Danish flag and another one that looks similar but is light pink with white, hardly blooms for a day before it peels off the seed pod. The peony type lasts about 2-3 days, and the thai silk lasts longer but isn't the tall type, like Danish flag, that I love to see. I had read that annual poppies bloom longer than perennials, but if mine are any example of that, then perennials would only bloom for an hour!(just kidding - I know that isn't the case). What should my expectations be and, if these poppies aren't as long blooming as they should be, what could be the problem?

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