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as possible. amateurgardening.comProfusion of poppies
I’VE been trying to grow poppies for
a few years now, without success.
I thought they were easy to grow, but
it wasn’t until I dug up an area of my
front garden to sort out my daffodils
that they sprang into life. And how
they have grown!Photo
of the
weekGood timing: fl owers of the gorgeous
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)This year has been fantastic for my
poppies – and the bees that love to
visit them. I took this photo on 6 June,
the 75th anniversary of the D-Day
landings, which I found quite poignant.
Jill Simpson,
Crail, FifeSAVE runner bean and other seedlings
from slug damage and provide a cosy
windbreak by covering with a two-litre
drinks bottle, cut off top and bottom.
(I use pinking shears to make it easier
to screw into the soil.) Push into the soil
around new plants, and the jagged top
will give the slugs a nasty prick. Add
some petroleum jelly, and more around
the bean pole, and they should be safe.
Mrs M Jarvis,
Aylesbury, BucksReader’s Quick Tip
What are these
caterpillars?
WHAT are these brightly coloured
caterpillars that are eating the flowers
on my verbascum?
June Hall,
Chinnor, OxfordshireWendy says:These distinctive creatures
are the caterpillars of the Mullein moth
(Shargacucullia verbasci). I have read
that these are found in southern and
central England and feast on the mullein
family (verbascum) including figwort as
well as buddleja, and are harmless to
other plants. The brown-coloured (less
attractive) moth is easy to miss when it
lands on a plant stem.
The female lays eggs on a host plant
in May, and these hatch to feast during
night and day. Pretty as they are, you
may wish to pick off the caterpillars as
they will decimate the plant – otherwise,
blast them with a hose.Mullein
moth
caterpillars
will strip
verbascum
plants