Jane wrote: > >Apparently Welsh poppy is not the pest on the Atlantic coast that it can be >on the Pacific. It got into my garden hitch-hiking on a nursery plant as >seeds, and I let it go, not knowing what the result would be. It's one of >the worst weeds in the garden now, coming up everywhere -- even in the dry >bulb frame! Here it's perennial and very hard to pull out completely, like >a dandelion. It forms large clumps that can interfere with spring bulbs, in >my opinion. > > Jane: The Welsh poppy does not approach the pest category for me here at all. I am trying to encourage it on a bed beneath a quince tree and so far it's spreading slowly. I broadcast seeds in fall and in spring the plants pop up. Not sure if it returns from a root stock or just reseeds. Arnold