tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post7121628852965870315..comments2024-03-27T00:25:28.696+11:00Comments on Garden amateur: Popping alongJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-12488824439700999382009-09-18T16:10:41.262+10:002009-09-18T16:10:41.262+10:00Hi Jamie~~ For some reason Blotanical is not recog...Hi Jamie~~ For some reason Blotanical is not recognizing your blog as a Fave. I think of you when I see the buds on my Grevillea. <br /><br />Happy spring! Your poppies are lovely. I've also debated the the Bloom Booster quandary. Like you said, if you're not planning to eat the plant you're pouring it on, it's probably no big deal. I'll often use it on my container ornamentals. <br /><br />Still very summer-like weather here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-39739091359333972142009-09-18T12:44:36.670+10:002009-09-18T12:44:36.670+10:00sea of poppies..they are beautiful..
see you arou...sea of poppies..they are beautiful..<br /><br />see you around, following your blog.<br /><br />http://theurbanbalcony.blogspot.com/Urban Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753898797737223631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-76018472420377828732009-09-18T12:30:02.812+10:002009-09-18T12:30:02.812+10:00Onesimus
(Presuming that you click on the photos ...Onesimus<br /><br />(Presuming that you click on the photos to make them bigger), in the fourth photo down from the top of my blog (just showing the unopened poppy heads and lots of foliage) there are two types of poppy foliage visible. <br /><br />In the very foreground and in most spots is the Iceland poppy foliage, with the broader leaves. <br /><br />Also present (say, left side, one-third the way up from the bottom) is some self-seeded wild poppy foliage. My patch produced a bit of this last year, too. If you look closely you can see a reddish tinge to the stems.These will eventually produce very pretty, small wild poppies in various colours, often deep reds and deep pinks.<br /><br />So, I'm wondering if your poppies are either:<br />a) a wild variety that flowers in spring, not winter<br />b) Flanders poppies, which are red and flower in spring as well. Flanders poppies are taller plants than low-growing Icelands, though.<br /><br />If I were you I'd stick with them and hang on for the ride. I'm sure you'll get some flowers. <br /><br />The only other thing I can think of is to stop fertilising them, if that's what you have been doing. Lay off the fertiliser altogether and they might then start flowering for you.<br /><br />Good luck!Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14653345793213312242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-84508626085178377772009-09-18T11:12:09.873+10:002009-09-18T11:12:09.873+10:00In additon to my comment above, I am wondering abo...In additon to my comment above, I am wondering about the possibility of my seed being wrongly packaged.Onesimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413061573637313957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-51800453040309950512009-09-18T10:26:30.462+10:002009-09-18T10:26:30.462+10:00My iceland poppies still have not flowered. They&#...My iceland poppies still have not flowered. They've had very dense leaves but no sign of anything else.<br /><br />I tried to get a close up look at the leaves of your plants and I'm not convinced that they are the same as mine.<br /><br />I HAVE considered that I'm mistaken about the identity of my plants, but I have three separate patches with very healthy foliage, all where I sowed seeds from the same packet several months ago.<br /><br />TimOnesimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11413061573637313957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797396120087729156.post-19218524200987401412009-09-18T09:35:57.352+10:002009-09-18T09:35:57.352+10:00Jamie your poppies are beautiful! And I thought th...Jamie your poppies are beautiful! And I thought the red ones were sweet... what a lovely surprise not knowing what colours are going to pop up next.Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13389896430405726839noreply@blogger.com