Yes, it is very normal. I don't know Inula Goliath but poppies, feverfew and larkspur are all good reseeders.

Ive also got larkspur and/or Nigella sprouting out in back!

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I didnt let any of the poppies seed, so there'll only be the ones I sow myself this year.

Would be perfectly normal for here, I've never gardened in your zone though. I have self sown seedlings of inula hookerii each year but only a few, and it's a very different plant from Goliath. The feathery, frilly flowers tend to look BAD as they are fading and I usually deadhead - because hookerii spreads a little assertively from the roots and I can always get divisions from clump outer edges.

Reseeders are excellent candidates for wintersowing. Plus, you can leave them off the list for next year. :)

Cool! Thanks for all the information.

By the way, I have these seedlings that grew where my sundrops were last year. Are these sundrops?

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The green tiny seedling is a poppy. :)
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Those reddish leaves look like sundrops "oenothera fruticosa" possibly. Some of the lysimachia have quite reddish shoots that look similar.

Cool! So they reseed as well! :)

Thanks!

Looking good Neil. I have poppies I direct sown but haven't been able to see many reseeders yet. I'm still hopeful though.

Ooops, sorry about the information. I remember around September or early October last year, I crushed spent poppy flowers with my fingers and walked along the bed. That's what I did too with the Larkspur. Now I remember. Tthis tip was shared to me by pitimpinai. :)

I want to spread more larkspur seeds but I am not sure if it's already late. What do you think folks?

Thanks floodthelast.

Here are the poppy seedlings. I have 3 more areas with poppy seedlings as well. :)

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Congrats on all those volunteers!!!

I hope my larkspur comes back. I saved lots of seeds tho so it may not re-seed. I saved the pink ones Separate cause they were so very pretty. the rest I sent to the WS swap. I left some on the plants. I sure hope those will seed themselves :)

I ws one of the packs of Pink Larkspur. I swear last year every seed grew when I ws them. I got the seeds at the grocery store :)

I had not so great looking poppies but I think they seeded themselves anyway.

I too wonder if I can just spread out some larkspur seeds? I have wet enough ground to keep them happy.

Karen

Karen, I just finished spreading larkspur and tall amaranthus seeds. :)

I need to make more garden beds.

Yippeee for reseeders! You can't have too many garden beds either! :)

Hi Neil,

Behind the poppies you have a big perennial plant. You can cut down the old, dry stems now, since the new growth has already up. I think this was one of your questions in another thread, if you can remove the old dry plants, and weeds?

Thanks Mariana2007! I'll do it this weekend. That perennial plant behind the poppies is a winter sown Feverfew.

The reddish plants are snowdrops (oenthera). We are having unseasonably warm weather up here (breaking records) and I saw mine today. They will 'green up' as it gets warmer.