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Old 10-09-2014, 01:14 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Welsh Poppies

On 10/09/2014 11:39, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:20:59 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Tue, 9 Sep 2014 23:03:26 +0100, "Bertie Doe"
wrote:

Never had any luck with these plants. Poppies produce plenty of sees, for
good reason. It takes a lot of 'em to produce one plant.

Next-door, has masses. They grow on fertile soil, poor soil and even in the
cracks in pavement. She gave me a potful of seed heads. I've extracted about
20g of seed.

Plenty to scatter now; scatter and/or propagate in Spring. Any ideas would
be welcome.


I find yellow poppies to be quite invasive and pull them up whenever I
see them in the garden.


+1

Trouble is, they have quite deep root carrots.


Are you sure you don't have Chelidonium majus, greater celandine this
can be very invasive.