Last year I planted my poppies alongside all my other plants. They were suppose to grow to be 3 feet tall with 4 inch flowers. They grew 6 inches tall with 1 inch flowers.. in august. LOL.
This is funny, I direct sowed poppies last February based on your video this time last year (I'm in Angier). They actually bloomed, albeit the bloom life was really short but they were gorgeous... thanks to your experiement!
Hi Brie. I live in Central MD., zone 7a. I had Calif. poppies growing last year and some of them started new plants in about Sept./Oct. We've had a similar winter as what you've been having, i.e. a lot snowfall, ice, freezing temp., etc. I noticed that my self-sown Calif. poppies died, most likely, due to the winter weather. For this year's flower gardening, I sowed my poppy seeds in early Jan. From now on, I plan to sow seeds for poppies, etc. in mid-Dec. Sowing in early Jan. can be good enough. Sowing in late Jan. can produce pretty minimal results. I plan to experiment to see if self-sown Lauren's Grape poppies can survive the winter weather if they have sprouted in early autumn.
Hi, I'm from the same area. I sewn a whole lot back in my planter back in febuary/march. They are just now blooming. Kinda sucks bc I expected it to bloom well before my lilies bloomed. However both came up at the same time.
@@LoopyAnh Hi. Are you talking about Lauren's Grape poppies or Calif. poppies? My Lauren's Grape poppies are just now beginning to bloom. I didn't grow any Calif. poppies this year, but I plan to grow a large amount of them hopefully starting next year. I've grown them before. My oriental poppies seem to be strictly a May-blooming flower, and then the Lauren's Grape poppies and the Calif. poppies are a part of what takes the place of the oriental poppies in my succession planting. However, sometimes the Calif. poppies might bloom earlier than June, e.g. in May, and maybe even Apr., but it depends on if I sow their seeds early (like late summer/early to mid autumn) and if I don't get very freezing temps. during winter.
@regismonkton Papaver somniferum, California poppies, and orietnal. Only soniferium bloomed. However the others are right behind them. Shooting up the soon to be flowers. It surprised me as I walked out and noticed them. I never grew poppies but learned that it was pretty simple. So I grabbed some of the poppies seeds from the jar. As well as the other 2 at a store. Figured I'd learn something about such a controversial and popular flower.
I'm in western PA zone 6 and I sowed my seeds at the end of march and they're looking beautiful. Had a few late snows in April. I'm pretty happy with my first attempt Love the channel
I've just commented on your container garden video that I'm going to sow poppies and this video popped up next. I'm just so excited. have to love algorithms. sometimes they're good sometimes they're not but in this case very good.
I am in Stanly County, NC and I like to sow my poppies at the end of Jan. or first of Feb. They seem to do well for me when I sow them then. If I sow them in October, the plants do not look as good. Thank you so much for the info. I will try to sow them on Black Friday this year.
I’m in Colorado zone 5b. I grew poppies last year with your method of sowing on Black Friday. We’ll see if it works again this year. I’ve got nothing growing so far.
Would you include larkspur as well in this scenario? Thank you for this explanation! your videos are so helpful and its lovely to see your beautiful yard! Do you have any experience growing hollyhocks?
I grew Hollyhocks last year and they will bloom this year, and I purchased more seeds to sow June. They are Biennials or short lived perennials. Annuals sows in spring Biennials in June, and perennials in fall. Then you have half hardy types, cold tolerant, warm tolerant ect. Ect. Ect. I could go on
I direct sowed a packet of amazing gray poppies in November, thinking nothing would come of it (just sprinkled them in my garden around my cherry blossom tree and a pond), but a great many of them are nice little seedlings now, like the ones you have. However…… while I know this isn’t supposed to be done, I am going to be changing that pond out in the spring and I’m going to have to transplant most of them. I was thinking of just making very big, round, deep shovel insertions around each seedling so as not to effect the tap root, but any advice on how I should do this would be appreciated. I really would like to see them bloom, but mine is a fragrance garden, so I’m not too well-versed in the ways of poppies.
I’ve never had any success transplanting so I can’t give advice. I think the amazing greys are also annual so if you can leave them till they bloom they will die anyway.
@@BrieThePlantLady I just meant, e.g. if my poppy seeds, which I sowed in early Jan. haven't sprouted yet, I know that they'll sprout pretty soon and they'll be a good looking mass planting by some time in May. I do plan to do a lot of experimenting, e.g. in regards to simulating a self-sowing.
My poppy seeds were sent to the wrong address, and it will be a week before I get them. I moved in February, so next year, I will have poppies and Larkspur out at the front of my property.
If i sowed in june (before watching your video) is there a chance that they will germinate, later, when the climate is more conduit to the poppies growing conditions? I live in Rosarito, MX but it will start to cool off in about October. I'm really hoping they will think they r self sowed and start to grow when the time is right. Crossing fingers.
What about too much rain and not much sun? Should I just make sure the rain can drain from the soil and hope the daylight is enough!? Is it a bad idea if it’s rains too much to place my pots in my shed that has windows..? Thanks
These need full sun, so I don’t reckon end growing indoors ever. Even with windows there isn’t enough light. As for drainage, just make sure you have a soil that drains well and doesn’t stay water logged.
@@BrieThePlantLady I was just thinking, I have seen people successfully grow them in greenhouses and was thinking my shed which has a lot of windows would be similar to that
Aloha brie im George like yer channel, I live on the island of oahu pearl city pacific palisades it's elevation is bout 597 feet so kinda cool at night and rain some days and sunny also some days, would you know wat would be a good time in hawaii to germinate our poppies this is my first rodeo in growing poppies now I've been growing marijuana since 1974 wen I came back from the war in Vietnam, but I knew about weed from 1964 kaimuki intermediate school 7 grade my friends house, his neighbor had one plant so I see it from the start it was bout 4 feet but no buds yet, also in hawaii 1974 i made black tar oil from scraps like stems, leaves just stuffem in one big glass jar wit all your scraps fill wit alcohol till top, cover wit lid store away in dark area foa 10 day but every 2 day shake the bugga up, now wen done cover opening wit cheese cloth to hole back rubbish as you pour out liquid into Pyrex glass container now cover Pyrex with the cheese cloth put container on roof to get sun all day to evaporate the acolhol wen get little liquid left pour out should have nothing but black tar oil, use butter knife to scrape out oils put a litter to heat the knife easier to put in viles aloha love yer channel mahalo9
Last year I planted my poppies alongside all my other plants.
They were suppose to grow to be 3 feet tall with 4 inch flowers. They grew 6 inches tall with 1 inch flowers.. in august. LOL.
They aren’t very heat tolerant which is why they need to be sown in winter.
As a Poppy, I can say we are NEVER low maintenance. Just ask my husband. 😂😂🤣🤣
Too funny!!! 😂😂😂
This is funny, I direct sowed poppies last February based on your video this time last year (I'm in Angier). They actually bloomed, albeit the bloom life was really short but they were gorgeous... thanks to your experiement!
Hi Brie. I live in Central MD., zone 7a. I had Calif. poppies growing last year and some of them started new plants in about Sept./Oct. We've had a similar winter as what you've been having, i.e. a lot snowfall, ice, freezing temp., etc. I noticed that my self-sown Calif. poppies died, most likely, due to the winter weather. For this year's flower gardening, I sowed my poppy seeds in early Jan. From now on, I plan to sow seeds for poppies, etc. in mid-Dec. Sowing in early Jan. can be good enough. Sowing in late Jan. can produce pretty minimal results. I plan to experiment to see if self-sown Lauren's Grape poppies can survive the winter weather if they have sprouted in early autumn.
Hi, I'm from the same area.
I sewn a whole lot back in my planter back in febuary/march. They are just now blooming. Kinda sucks bc I expected it to bloom well before my lilies bloomed. However both came up at the same time.
@@LoopyAnh Hi. Are you talking about Lauren's Grape poppies or Calif. poppies? My Lauren's Grape poppies are just now beginning to bloom. I didn't grow any Calif. poppies this year, but I plan to grow a large amount of them hopefully starting next year. I've grown them before. My oriental poppies seem to be strictly a May-blooming flower, and then the Lauren's Grape poppies and the Calif. poppies are a part of what takes the place of the oriental poppies in my succession planting. However, sometimes the Calif. poppies might bloom earlier than June, e.g. in May, and maybe even Apr., but it depends on if I sow their seeds early (like late summer/early to mid autumn) and if I don't get very freezing temps. during winter.
@regismonkton Papaver somniferum, California poppies, and orietnal.
Only soniferium bloomed. However the others are right behind them. Shooting up the soon to be flowers.
It surprised me as I walked out and noticed them. I never grew poppies but learned that it was pretty simple. So I grabbed some of the poppies seeds from the jar. As well as the other 2 at a store. Figured I'd learn something about such a controversial and popular flower.
I'm in western PA zone 6 and I sowed my seeds at the end of march and they're looking beautiful. Had a few late snows in April. I'm pretty happy with my first attempt
Love the channel
That’s great news! I’m so glad they thriving for you!
I've just commented on your container garden video that I'm going to sow poppies and this video popped up next. I'm just so excited. have to love algorithms. sometimes they're good sometimes they're not but in this case very good.
I'm saving this video so I can refer back to it this Fall. Thank you!
Thanks for all the info. I sowed poppies early to mid Dec here in 8a in Ga, for the first time. I'm hopeful!
I sowed prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras) today….Feb. 21.
I am in Stanly County, NC and I like to sow my poppies at the end of Jan. or first of Feb. They seem to do well for me when I sow them then. If I sow them in October, the plants do not look as good. Thank you so much for the info. I will try to sow them on Black Friday this year.
Great info! I have never grown poppies so next fall I will give them a try!! Thanks for sharing!
I’m in Colorado zone 5b. I grew poppies last year with your method of sowing on Black Friday. We’ll see if it works again this year. I’ve got nothing growing so far.
Would you include larkspur as well in this scenario? Thank you for this explanation! your videos are so helpful and its lovely to see your beautiful yard! Do you have any experience growing hollyhocks?
Yes I think the same applies for larkspur.
I started Larkspur 2 weeks ago. And again 1 week ago, all using the winter sowing method. They're growing. Zone 7.
They only started selling Larkspur in January in the box stores around town. Zone 8b
I grew Hollyhocks last year and they will bloom this year, and I purchased more seeds to sow June. They are Biennials or short lived perennials. Annuals sows in spring Biennials in June, and perennials in fall. Then you have half hardy types, cold tolerant, warm tolerant ect. Ect. Ect.
I could go on
@@BrieThePlantLady Thank you for your reply!
Excellent video
I direct sowed a packet of amazing gray poppies in November, thinking nothing would come of it (just sprinkled them in my garden around my cherry blossom tree and a pond), but a great many of them are nice little seedlings now, like the ones you have. However…… while I know this isn’t supposed to be done, I am going to be changing that pond out in the spring and I’m going to have to transplant most of them. I was thinking of just making very big, round, deep shovel insertions around each seedling so as not to effect the tap root, but any advice on how I should do this would be appreciated. I really would like to see them bloom, but mine is a fragrance garden, so I’m not too well-versed in the ways of poppies.
I’ve never had any success transplanting so I can’t give advice. I think the amazing greys are also annual so if you can leave them till they bloom they will die anyway.
It seems like Zone 7b is about a couple weeks, to a few weeks, ahead of Zone 7a in regards to certain things.
I still think it is too late.
@@BrieThePlantLady I just meant, e.g. if my poppy seeds, which I sowed in early Jan. haven't sprouted yet, I know that they'll sprout pretty soon and they'll be a good looking mass planting by some time in May. I do plan to do a lot of experimenting, e.g. in regards to simulating a self-sowing.
My poppy seeds were sent to the wrong address, and it will be a week before I get them.
I moved in February, so next year, I will have poppies and Larkspur out at the front of my property.
What chain stores carry the soil cubes? I don't remember seeing them in our local Lowes Home Improvement Store.
No chain stores. You have to buy direct from Soil3 shop.soil3.com
Year 2 of striking out with poppies. Mine didn't even germinate, we've been so dry in Oklahoma.
Yes I think in dry climates watering daily might be needed.
Mine were doing great until we had a major rain storm in December and they washed away. So sad.
That is sad. I’m lucky to not have slopes here
If i sowed in june (before watching your video) is there a chance that they will germinate, later, when the climate is more conduit to the poppies growing conditions? I live in Rosarito, MX but it will start to cool off in about October. I'm really hoping they will think they r self sowed and start to grow when the time is right. Crossing fingers.
Probably not because they need light to germinate and the longer the seed is in the ground the more likely the seed will get covered.
I'm in zone 7b. Water is frozen. So...maybe you should check before telling folks it's too late. Weather isn't predictable anymore.
I’m saying it too late because I know that it is. And it’s exhausting answering the same question so many times.
Where do you get your soul cubes?
shop.soil3.com
Add code briegrows24 for extra savings in big bags.
Will poppies grow in south Florida? I’ve sown and sown…no germination!
Not easily. They need colder soil but you can trick them in containers. But not at this time of year.
@@BrieThePlantLady How do you trick them?
How about California poppies? Can they be direct-sown?
Yes they can be directly sown. Watch some of the videos in the “how to grow poppies” playlist as I cover this in great detail.
What about too much rain and not much sun? Should I just make sure the rain can drain from the soil and hope the daylight is enough!? Is it a bad idea if it’s rains too much to place my pots in my shed that has windows..?
Thanks
These need full sun, so I don’t reckon end growing indoors ever. Even with windows there isn’t enough light. As for drainage, just make sure you have a soil that drains well and doesn’t stay water logged.
@@BrieThePlantLady thanks!
@@BrieThePlantLady I was just thinking, I have seen people successfully grow them in greenhouses and was thinking my shed which has a lot of windows would be similar to that
So confused she says she is in Cali then she keeps saying she is in the Southeast??
I never said I live in California- you obviously heard incorrectly. I live in the raleigh, NC zone 7 area.
Ohh...so sorry...wow I did hear incorrectly...thank you@@BrieThePlantLady
Planted my poppies today with your help...new sub...you awesome!@@BrieThePlantLady
Aloha brie im George like yer channel, I live on the island of oahu pearl city pacific palisades it's elevation is bout 597 feet so kinda cool at night and rain some days and sunny also some days, would you know wat would be a good time in hawaii to germinate our poppies this is my first rodeo in growing poppies now I've been growing marijuana since 1974 wen I came back from the war in Vietnam, but I knew about weed from 1964 kaimuki intermediate school 7 grade my friends house, his neighbor had one plant so I see it from the start it was bout 4 feet but no buds yet, also in hawaii 1974 i made black tar oil from scraps like stems, leaves just stuffem in one big glass jar wit all your scraps fill wit alcohol till top, cover wit lid store away in dark area foa 10 day but every 2 day shake the bugga up, now wen done cover opening wit cheese cloth to hole back rubbish as you pour out liquid into Pyrex glass container now cover Pyrex with the cheese cloth put container on roof to get sun all day to evaporate the acolhol wen get little liquid left pour out should have nothing but black tar oil, use butter knife to scrape out oils put a litter to heat the knife easier to put in viles aloha love yer channel mahalo9