Jaided whilst growing from see is cheaper and does give you a feeling of 'all my own work', gardening should be a pleasure as well as a learning curve, so nothing wrong in buying plands from a nursery.

Planting direct in the soil is more risky than starting seeds off in a tray or pot though.

Poppies are wild flowers therefore technically a weed, but as a weed is only a slower in the wrong place what the heck. I love them too, and every year have yellow ones growing in mt drive, but try as I might cannot get them to grow where I want them in the garden !!!

 

Jibbs your Prunus Serrula may be getting too much water ? Or not enoigh Lol. Over ot underwatering can effect blossom as can cold snaps and host of other gardening perils. I have a trusty flowering cherry Prunus which has lovely pink blossoms that still look attractive when they cover the ground like ponk snow as they drop. Sadly it's blossom time is over all too quickly.