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Offline Palustris

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Poppies
« on: June 12, 2015, 08:18:50 PM »
We have one or three Poppies.









Last one is Fringed Patty's Plum

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Re: Poppies
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2015, 09:51:06 PM »
Love them all Eric. You are so lucky to have such a beautiful range!
Would the third one (gorgeous pale pink) come true from seed?


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Re: Poppies
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2015, 09:11:03 AM »
I doubt it. It was a chance seedling from one of the many we have bought (and lost) over the years. Trouble is that they produce so many millions of seeds that sowing, growing on and waiting for flowers is too much. And if you plant them in a nursery bed to see what colour you get, you end up with a whole bed of red ones which are almost impossible to get rid of. Picture 4 is of a clump we failed to remove 20 years ago from a nursery bed.