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By a recreational area this plant was growing,, my son showed it to me and I thought initially it was a wild paeony ? but am lost.. does anyone know what it is ??

Tia

It's a poppy! Gorgeous aren't they?

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Now I feel such a twit , thought I knew a little bit about flowers, what a wally, (Holds head in shame)

Yup; aren't these the ones that seed madly; big blousy and you can't get rid of them!!!
Lovely.

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Okay okay okay,, I am a certified twit very pretty though

aw dont feel to bad at least you know now, see if you can save the seeds to spread or swap with someone, as thats a very pretty poppy

Lucky you!!!

I'll take some seeds off you if you want!!!

Me too, I don't think you'll have much trouble offloading the seeds

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Are you taking the michael out of me ???? LOL..

Anyone who wants seeds can have them for the cost of an sae.. lol.. will start collecting seeds in morning

Oh no, not at all. Sorry if you thought that. Stand by for a sae though

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Me too, me too!! They're lovely flowers!

Not a twit at all. It's often hard to recognise a flower you know fairly well if you see it out of context. My Ma in law has these in her garden and often passes on seeds or young plants to people who've admired them (got some young 'uns in my flower border as we speak!)

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Its an opium poppy. Common as an ornamental - but it is the source of opium - don't eat the seeds!!

If you collect some seed pods it will joyously grow whereever you put it, but be warned they are fearsomly enthusiastic self-seeders!!

LCG

LOL,,

Strangest thing is that where this Poppy was there is also a stunning rose bush,, basically just waste ground,, looks like I might have found a wild rose aswell

Nice thought! As far as I'm aware, though, the weather here isn't good enough to allow the plant to fabricate enough of the opium to give you even a little tingle. Global warming though...?

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I`ve got them everywhere in the garden. A couple of years ago I collected the seeds of a few & sprinkled them everywhere not knowing how prolific they were. Now I spend time weeding them up - I let some grow quite tall but get rid of the tiddlers. Because i throw them in the compost bin I even get them coming up in the veggie patches!

I have never seen a double form of the opium poppy before and I think it looks fab.

They're lovely! Collect some seed heads for drying and displaying in winter - they're very attractive.

i planted some black ones of these this year, they are gorgeous

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Papaver Somniferum. This pink colour is the most often seen colour and is lovely.
I grown the black one and it is gorgeous. I sow mine in the autumn ready for them to make an appearance in the spring

there aren't many questions i can answer here but i know this one!! our allotment is next to an overgrown (very!!) plot and its full of poppies some single some double frilled, the colours are beautiful, pinks mauves etc of varying shades, I'm gonna get me some seeds when they're ready!!

They are indeed lovely poppies but hold on...I planted (scattered a load of seeds around as suggested) in the garden...and I don't have one flower! So what's all this about them being easy and happy self seeders!!??

lynda66 I wouldnt mind some black poppy seeds if you have any to spare. will pay postage Jackie