Prof, is that a poppy? It is gorgeous!
Kris

Prof, she's a real beauty.

Not one of my direct sown seeds germinated.

Next year I sow in jug/cups and plant her out individually.

Congrats and thanks for sharing picture. Love that color.

if you dead head them the seeds in the pod will not ripen - gotta leave them in place until you can shake them and the seeds fall out

So pretty, love the color! Great job! Carrie

OH so jealous, mine are still tiny things, how tall is it?

Kris: Yes, it's an annual poppy. I've been watching the bud for two days and this morning--voila! It's purple crepe paper!

My Lauren's Grape bloomed all summer last year and has self sown so I will have more blooms this year. I deadheaded some and didn't others and still they bloomed on and on. Both Lauren's Grape and Danish Flag are papaver somniferum. Last year was my first experience with them and I did not expect them to continue to bloom so planted them in the front of a bed thinking I would pull them after early spring bloom. They got 18" tall and bloomed until frost.

I love the color!! I have no experience with poppies, I'll have to try a few next year. That one is stunning!

Nice to see that picture!! I WSed some of Lauren's Grape poppies and just planted them out over the weekend because the seedlings were frying in the container. I didn't put them where I really wanted them, but now, I don't think it will matter. They'll look great wherever they are :-)

I love poppies. I did so many kinds this year. It seems the birds usually eat up all the seeds, so I have yet to get a reseed on anything but the Flanders red poppies. But it would be a really nice treat if all the ones I WSed this year would reseed.

Linda

This one is maybe 12-14" tall. I'm new to poppies, so thought maybe 2-3 buds was it.

MNW: so I should expect more blooms? Cool!

Everybody: You need to have this one. It is absolutely stunning. Buy seeds or plants or whatever you have to do, but add this to your garden.

WOW! I love the color of this one!!

I had no idea that poppies bloomed more than once in the
spring. If they bloom longer than that I may just
be interested in adding poppies to my garden.
I love the color on this one.

Mary

I'm bummed. Not a single one of my DS poppies did anything. I was looking forward to them, too. Congrats on yours!

wow, I love that flower it is so pretty!
Sorry I am new to seed collecting so I can't give advice on that.

Karen

I WSed many varieties of poppy this year because I fell in love with them last year. Will have to (at some point) figure out which ones are annuals (and if they are reseeders) and which ones might be perennials.

Your Lauren's Grape looks wonderful! This was one of my earliest germinators but I think it is the one poppy container that I fried (didn't get the top off soon enough). Trying to remember if maybe there were a few survivors and I planted them out somewhere. I guess I'll know soon enough if I get a gorgeous bloom or two like yours!!!!

Prof, yours beat mine. I took this photo yesterday. I've been trying to figure out which poppy this is, and I think it's Lauren's grape. I threw so many poppy seeds out this winter and so many grew and bloomed. I remember a pack of Lauren's Grape. So glad to see the bloom. I can't wait!

Let the seed pod ripen. Should take about 2 weeks from what I'm told, once the flower falls off and the seed head forms. Maybe a bit longer in our zone.

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I sowed a mix of poppies including Lauren's Grape. They are now all of a half-inch tall. Perhaps I'll have blooms some time before the first frost?

Mary

This is just gorgeous, Prof. I became a poppy lover last year and after losing lots of the one I winter sowed, I find direct sowing in early spring is best. I only did one pot this year, they are still very little, but I direct sowed some among my irises and hope they survive as the iris mature and bloom. I had my first perennial poppy 2 days ago and it has been destroyed by persistent rain since. No more have bloomed but the plants are laden. Last year I planted somniferum poppies and just yesterday I noticed a few re-seeders. Will leave them and see what happens. Must get Leuren's Grape.

This year I planted some Peony, Lauren's Grape, Danish Flag, and some mixed annual Poppies. Last year I had no sucess direct sowing them, and since I got such coveted ones during trades, I was not about to let that happen again.

What I did was use the cone shaped paper cups you sometimes find next to a water cooler. I held them up in Dixie cups and when they germinated, I planted them out in the small cups. I would not recommend this if you cannot water very regularly. They germinated very well and are now coming up. They are still small, but the distinctive Poppy Foliage is unmistakably there!

I also direct seeded for the heck of it, and those are coming up too!

Yay!!!

Amy