Poppies self seeded into Containers?

Frank99 · 9 June 2018 at 11:35AM

I am about to plant my containers up with bedding plants but i notice this year very large poppies have self seeded themselves into the large containers.
They look quite nice although maybe a bit big for the tubs so i'm wondering if to dig them out and replant them elsewhere or plant around them.
They do seem to be more resilient than the bedding plants to hot sun and slug attacks in fact i'm wondering if they are a better bet to replace the bedding plants in future.
Anyone else experienced this?

Silvertabby · 9 June 2018 at 12:05PM

The seeds are likely to have been dropped by birds (and I do mean 'dropped').

Unless they are clearly a known variety, you won't know if they are annuals (plants die and grow from seed next year) or perennials (die back in the winter then grow again from the roots next year).

I wouldn't use them instead of all other bedding plants - they don't flower for long and then the leaves go quite scruffy.

Farway · 9 June 2018 at 12:50PM

I'd plant around them, as ST says, the flowers don't last long so I would enjoy them briefly, if you like them let a couple set seed & then sprinkle the seeds where you would like them to flower next year