They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s

You can seed in some quick growing annuals - like alyssum, bachelor buttons,
etc, to just at the outskirts of the poppy plants. They will start to have
significant foliage about the time that the poppy is losing its pizazz.
"Penny S." wrote in message
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They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s

In article , "Penny S."
wrote:

They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s

I don't know about disguising, but white daisies look *great* interplanted
with poppies. One of our neighbors planted a long hedge along one of his
property lines with white daisies and red poppies. It's just *gorgeous.*

Jan
zone 3 (alaska)

I've wondered about this too. Each year I get compliments from neighbors I've
scarcely met on my poppies. I'm not much of a gardener, but I bought the roots
from White Flower Farm, stuck them in the ground and have never had a problem
with them. They keep blooming magnificently. Then the flowers go away, and I
don't have anything else with which to impress the neighbors.

--Lia


"Penny S." wrote:

They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s

In one of the beds I have, there is the sweet alyssum in winter. Soon after,
the Texas bluebonnets come up among the white alyssum. A month down, the
native poppies come up through this all and it's red, white and blue. Under it
all, the echinacea are coming up and about when the poppies are setting seed and
melting in the heat along with the bluebonnets and alyssum, the echinacea starts
to bloom. I have both white and purple echinacea. A most carefree part of the
garden.


On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 02:08:05 GMT, Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've wondered about this too. Each year I get compliments from neighbors I've
scarcely met on my poppies. I'm not much of a gardener, but I bought the roots
from White Flower Farm, stuck them in the ground and have never had a problem
with them. They keep blooming magnificently. Then the flowers go away, and I
don't have anything else with which to impress the neighbors.

--Lia


"Penny S." wrote:

They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s

Baby's breath is nice in this situation, the perennial kind. It gets going
as the poppies are winding down, but is airy enough that it doesn't block
the spot where the poppy foliage will re-emerge in the fall. Plus it's
wonderful for cutting.

Sue

Zone 6, Southcentral PA


"Julia Altshuler" wrote in message
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I've wondered about this too. Each year I get compliments from neighbors
I've
scarcely met on my poppies. I'm not much of a gardener, but I bought the
roots
from White Flower Farm, stuck them in the ground and have never had a
problem
with them. They keep blooming magnificently. Then the flowers go away,
and I
don't have anything else with which to impress the neighbors.

--Lia


"Penny S." wrote:

They look wonderful for a while, but we all know that they look icky
once
they are done blooming ( big oriental poppies) Any ideas for what to
plant
around them to disguise them? I"m in USDA zone 3 ( eastern WA)

thanks

penny s