Plant ID help

[kathycam]

Hi, this is growing on a plot I took over in Jan, from a Portuguese family. When it first came up I wasn't sure if it was a weed or some sort of brassica. It now has flower buds. Any idea what it is and if I can move to a better position. Thanks.

[chris]

Poppy?....

[Indigo23]

It's a kind of poppy. I have had them volunteering in my garden for the past 15 years. I don't mind because I love poppies of all kinds.

[veggiechicken]

Yes - Poppy. For once I agree with Chris

[kathycam]

Ah I thought it was, but the leaves looked different to the pictures I was checking it against. Cheers guys- very on the ball!

[chris]

It's the flower heads that give it away. I've a couple different types of poppies, and the leaves are a bit different in them! The question mark and full stops were just to get around the 10 char limit in my post btw.

[kathycam]

Ah okay, yeah it was the seed head that made me think it was. Until then I thought it was likely ediable. They're in a bed where I'm growing some fruit canes, so I'll probably try and move them. I've also had some other random plants come up, I think some are sunflowers and potatoes everywhere. Thats all some people grow!

[rustylady]

Opium poppy - beautiful flowers. They have a tap root so won't move successfully at that size.

[kathycam]

I guess if I'm not going to be able to move the fruit canes to my new house (see my thread in the weeds section) I may as well leave them. I pulled a lot out anyway, but was wondering what they were.

[chris]

See if you like the flowers, if so, collect the seed heads after they've flowered. They'll be hundreds of seeds in each head

[kathycam]

Good idea, Ill do that.

[rustylady]

They are annuals by the way. Grow from seed, flower and die in one year.

[kathycam]

Ok, think a lot of seeds are leftover from the old person and digging brought them to the top.