My grandmother's poppies!

[WaterWitchin]

Interesting, depending on where one lives and flower seeding. There are some I fall plant... well, not really, they just reseed themselves for the most part. A few, I always plant in early spring for a better germination rate. Mostly ones that need sunlight to germinate, whether they need stratification or not, and mostly ones with very small seeds. I've done poppies that way successfully (storing in fridge until February or March then planting), but either way works.

I always plant Jewel of Opar in spring. I've many times tried planting it where I want in fall, and it never grows. Early spring, sew where I want and get good results. It also reseeds itself okay, but never where I actually want it. A fickle plant. Rubeckia is another that I have better luck holding over until spring to get a start established somewhere else. For some reason, in my environment, zinnia and marigolds also do better with a spring planting.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by WaterWitchin

Interesting, depending on where one lives and flower seeding. There are some I fall plant... well, not really, they just reseed themselves for the most part. A few, I always plant in early spring for a better germination rate. Mostly ones that need sunlight to germinate, whether they need stratification or not, and mostly ones with very small seeds. I've done poppies that way successfully (storing in fridge until February or March then planting), but either way works.

I always plant Jewel of Opar in spring. I've many times tried planting it where I want in fall, and it never grows. Early spring, sew where I want and get good results. It also reseeds itself okay, but never where I actually want it. A fickle plant. Rubeckia is another that I have better luck holding over until spring to get a start established somewhere else. For some reason, in my environment, zinnia and marigolds also do better with a spring planting.

Grandma said that she never planted the poppies. She always just let them reseed themselves, so it seems like planting them in late summer when they would naturally drop their mature seeds would make sense. It seems like they start to germinate in about February, and then they grown slow until the weather warms up.

But of course different things work in different climates. In Texas our autumn is long, winter comes around late and is short, and then spring comes pretty early, so planting the seeds in late summer here seems to make sense. That might not work for you in Kansas because your climate is so different.