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Post by Louise on Jun 10, 2011 18:51:38 GMT
Reading about Grindles orientales has made me ask about mine. I bought a pot grown one 2 years ago and it hasn't ever flowered. In its first year it was eaten by the S&S but then i sorted that by using pellets, it's now bulked up a bit with foliage but still no signs of flowers - has anyone an idea as to what i'm doing wrong  |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 10, 2011 20:38:30 GMT
It ought to flower by next year in a hot sunny spot. I have had loads in flower and I use the seed for bring them on the following year. I am not a fan of these however, as they sprawl all over the place here, so I pull them out before they have finished flowering, leaving just one pod to mature. Just now I am wondering what to put in the spot the poppies came from.
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Post by Fractal on Jun 10, 2011 20:45:18 GMT
Are you thinking of another type of Poppy Cherry? orientalis types can't be just pulled out and don't tend to seed around like the annual and biennial types do.
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Post by Geranium on Jun 10, 2011 20:46:20 GMT
I had to disguise the spot where I cut back the frilly coral one, Cherry. I cheated a bit, and bought an Arctotis. It just fits in the space. ;D  |
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Post by Fractal on Jun 10, 2011 20:48:45 GMT
I love the pastel shades of Arctotis. Reminds me of Gerbera's
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Post by Geranium on Jun 10, 2011 20:51:09 GMT
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it just might survive. I have three of the new 'Garvinea' Gerberas, and some 'Everlast' Gerberas, which've been in for four years!  |
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Post by merlin on Jun 10, 2011 21:08:51 GMT
I think you can get a new Oriental that is less inclined to flop.
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Post by Cherry on Jun 10, 2011 21:41:22 GMT
Are you thinking of another type of Poppy Cherry? orientalis types can't be just pulled out and don't tend to seed around like the annual and biennial types do. I think it is the right one SteveN. It is a huge oriental which flops because it is so big. I have given away buckets of its roots and thrown away lots, and I just pull the whole huge stem away when the flower is over. It smothers everything. |
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Post by Fractal on Jun 10, 2011 21:53:17 GMT
Ah, I see what you mean now |
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Post by Cherry on Jun 11, 2011 4:16:49 GMT
The red poppies have gone mad this year. They come up in my gravel even though I dose it with Roundup every year and shift weeds in it with a hoe. They are also between the airstrip, which is mown grass, and the field which is growing wheat. They do look pretty.
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