Barnze wrote:
Greetings all,
I have just planted a wild Poppy that I picked up at the
road side, Anyone have any care tips? It is a bit droopy this morning but I
think it will pull through.
Cheers Barnze


Poppies don't like being transplanted at all. I'm assuming by "wild"
poppy you mean either P. rhoeas (the common scarlet field poppy), or P.
somniferum (the pink/purple opium poppy). Neither of these will
generally survive a transplant, I'm afraid.

Alternately, the good news is they're a doddle to grow from seed, so go
back to the roadside in a few weeks when the flowering is all over and
the plants look pretty much dead, snip of a few seedheads and sow them
next spring right where you want to grow them. Or get a packet of seeds
from the market, they're dead cheap.

I'm a big poppy fan - P. bracteatum is a wonder...

Thes.