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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,745	Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 13:11:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jun 10, 2011 13:11:10 GMT when's the best time to dig them up and move them? would it be ok after they've finished flowering?

peony Top Member Posts: 4,719	Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 13:54:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by peony on Jun 10, 2011 13:54:28 GMT I have moved them successfully after flowering Grindle but they are the devil to dig out. Unless you get every piece of root, and they go down deep, they will grow again in the original place.
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Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 14:21:06 GMT

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Jun 10, 2011 13:11:10 GMT grindle said:

when's the best time to dig them up and move them? would it be ok after they've finished flowering?

If they're frilly coral ones, move them when they're in full bloom, Grindle! ;D ;D (P.S. that plant is in flower again now!

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Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 15:40:16 GMT

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Jun 10, 2011 13:54:28 GMT peony said:

I have moved them successfully after flowering Grindle but they are the devil to dig out. Unless you get every piece of root, and they go down deep, they will grow again in the original place.

I've just found that out this year

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 17:11:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Jun 10, 2011 17:11:57 GMT Interesting. I'd heard that, but haven't experienced it myself. You can propagate from root cuttings, can't you.

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Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 18:14:17 GMT

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Jun 10, 2011 17:11:57 GMT Geranium said:

Interesting. I'd heard that, but haven't experienced it myself. You can propagate from root cuttings, can't you.

You can Geranium, quite easily

Beautiful as they are, they are a plant I would never buy again (bit like Acanthus) because they are almost impossible to move without leaving a bit of root behind which always regrows

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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 18:40:49 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Jun 10, 2011 18:40:49 GMT Well - I didn't know that about them. I know about Acanthus, but poppies? Eeeek!

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Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 18:49:51 GMT

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Jun 10, 2011 13:54:28 GMT peony said:

I have moved them successfully after flowering Grindle but they are the devil to dig out. Unless you get every piece of root, and they go down deep, they will grow again in the original place.

I agree but i found you end up with three or four in the original place.

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Oriental poppies Jun 10, 2011 21:11:08 GMT

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Jun 10, 2011 18:49:51 GMT @wildlifefriendly said:

Jun 10, 2011 13:54:28 GMT peony said:

I have moved them successfully after flowering Grindle but they are the devil to dig out. Unless you get every piece of root, and they go down deep, they will grow again in the original place.

I agree but i found you end up with three or four in the original place.

Only three or four, you'll be lucky ;D I think you really need a large border as they leave a big gap when over.

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