Today’ surprise. But does it go or does it stay?
With all the innocence it could muster, a delicate looking plant with equally delicate flowers and perfect heart shaped leaves.
Eomecon Chionantha. Snow Poppy.
I’ve waited 18 months for this to flower and I love it, but it will have to stay in a pot. I dare not let this one loose. So, do I give myself yet another chore for the winter, or find another willing recipient for it who might have acres to cover?
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It is beautiful, keep it!
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It is….apparently it has seed capsules ….want any if it does….?
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Oh yes please, if you can catch them. Dahlia purpusii just beginning to shoot, exciting times!
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It’s funny..I was only thinking yesterday that the dahlia seeds weren’t germinating yet ….and there’s one up this morning….and I’ll do my best for the other but you could always have a root …but they are very brittle like dicentra…might do both later in the season….
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Keep it! How could you bear to part with it? It is absolutely beautiful.
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small well packed garden….no room for runners….but she may stay in a bigger pot..
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Too beautiful to give away. 🙂
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it is stunningly fragile ….
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Keep the plant – it is beautiful, but collect the seeds and give those away, or scatter in a wildlife garden
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bigger pot needed….
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It should stay….in a pot! (mine, which was in a pot, died peacefully this winter (probably when we had -30 C).
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Then I will keep it …so many of you have said I must….it is lovely though….sorry you lost yours.
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It looks just like a cistus, it doesn’t sound so invasive on the sites I’ve looked at, does it have a long flowering period, does it need a lot of water?
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Some sites say that dry shade keeps it in more check, but I am not going to even go there. I have had lots of plants given me over the years that folk have said ,oh it won’t run, now I am fighting with these.So in a big pot it will stay and look beautiful. It should flower from late spring to early autumn, but it must depend on the weather.Hope this helps.
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Beautiful.
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A keeper, me thinks.D.
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I think after all the positive comments, I will keep it. But it will go in a bigger pot. Thanks.
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Are you implying it could be rampant, Sue?! 😉
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I think given the right situation it could take over, so it will stay in a pot. Now more flowers are coming out it really does look lovely.
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