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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Annuals => Topic started by: Hilary on April 29, 2019, 08:23:42 AM
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Papaver somniferum
Not having a garden I avoid plants which need much care.
However after obtaining seeds from THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY seed exchange and seeing how my friends enjoyed sowing them in their gardens I decided last year to give it a go. Flowering plants in pots seem to have a very short life on our hot balcony.
I planted the seeds in October and tried to find a less windy place to put the pots.
So far we have had the joy of counting how many Poppy flowers were open each day. I think the greatest number was ten for a few days.
The current seed list is here
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/seedlist.html
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Well done Hilary. Mine never germinated. By the way my mother used to grow this type of poppy.
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They have done well, Hilary. We grow them here in Sussex (and they reseed), but I've never thought they'd stand our Greek garden. Your success certainly tempts me to try.
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I must say the had plenty of mollycoddling and talking to
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A lovely venture Hilary - what will you try next?
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More mauve/ purple flowers
Too busy enjoying this spring to think about plans for next spring!
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We didn't sow any of these poppies this year but they pop up around the garden.
The original one here was a plummy purple but we introduced a few different colours over the years, as well as doubles
cheers
fermi
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I'm not normally a fan of double flowers but the penultimate and the last of those poppies are amazing. The petals look like dancing flames in a fire ball.
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This year a semi-double purple has appeared
cheers
fermi
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There have been a couple of interesting "new" doubles - a purple and a dark coral
cheers
fermi