Are poppies a short lived flower?

Hi everyone, a while back I asked about flower spacing as I had thrown all kinds of unused seeds in a rough, unused corner of my garden to try & create that messy, cottage garden look, I think you'll agree it's messy & although the colours may not be ideal together, personally I love it & can't wait to see what opens next. However, I planted many poppies which are flowering, white, red, pink etc. and they are beautiful but some flower & the petals seem to blow off really quickly sometimes the following day, is it because they are too exposed to the elements, too close together to get enough nutrients or are they a short lived flower in general?




Also I know the photo doesn't show most of them clearley but does anyone know what variety any of the poppies are? I'm hoping they will self seed.

 

Yes, they can be very short lived...but beautiful nevertheless Plants lots of them and hope they self seed, probably where you least expect it! Can't advise on what variety they are though.

You could try Oriental Poppies which are perennials and have HUGE flowers, if you want them to repeat and increase each year, but they can be just as short lived, if the wind picks up.

 

Yes, I love that jumbled look too Freedom Spark.
I have poppies in amongst it.
They tend to be short flowering but if you have the time take the seed heads off and they will produce flowers forever.
They do tend to seed about the place so if you leave them you will have poppies forever - whether you want them or not.

 

I used to think poppies were only red, then recently I saw pink one and orange ones and all sorts! Each day I walk past some, the flowers seemed to be there a little while but I see them less and less now, they have mainly turned to seed. Each day I notice more petals dropping off of them so they do not seem to last a very long time. Nobody tends to those ones though, they just grow how they want.

 

Thanks everyone, I wasn't aware that they would keep producing if I took the seed heads off, shows what a beginner I actually am, but have started to remove some, turns out their short lived nature isn't really causing to much trouble to my little colourful, messy corner because there are so many more keep flowering each day, it's amazing how the buds are barely open one second & the flower has fully emerged the next, they really are beautiful! I have a few of what I think are field poppies as well, red with a black centre & a fuzzy variety which some googling has revealed to be called a ' papaver venus'