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Deadheading Corn Poppies

9 years ago

My corn poppies have been blooming for several weeks now, but I still see a lot of bloom buds on them. If i deadhead the faded blooms, will the bloom period be extended? I know that i will leave some to develop seeds for next year, but I am wondering if any of you have tried this. I have, of course, extended bloom seasons by deadheafing other plants, but have never tried it with corn poppies.

Molly

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briaustex
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I've never tried this but I searched and found this article which suggests that deadheading corn poppies will extend the blooms.
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jardineratx
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you so much, briaustex! When I saw so many young buds emerging, I thought I could probably extend the bloom period, as has been the case of other "short term" bloomers. These poppies have been blooming for 3 weeks now, and I will be very happy if I can go into mid-may with poppy blooms. I imagine the heat will do them in later on, but by then, I will have summer bloomers peaking!

I will update with photos as this experiment with deadheading my corn poppies continues!

Molly
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