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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Lillii on July 21, 2013, 11:01:06 AM

Title: Which papaver do I have?
Post by: Lillii on July 21, 2013, 11:01:06 AM

Hi
I got some seed from the seedex that I thought to be papaver orientalis 'Patty's Plum'. And the color is there and it is quite big, but the leaves aren't right and it has several buds up the stem. Is it a papaver somniferum perhaps? Can somebody help me please?

Title: Re: Which papaver do I have?
Post by: Maggi Young on July 21, 2013, 12:14:07 PM

Yes, Papaver somniferum - with a very pretty colour.

Title: Re: Which papaver do I have?
Post by: Lillii on July 21, 2013, 07:28:07 PM

Thank you Maggi :) yes I love the colour!

Title: Re: Which papaver do I have?
Post by: Lesley Cox on July 22, 2013, 11:14:58 AM

That's a beautiful shade for P. somniferum. :)

Title: Re: Which papaver do I have?
Post by: Margaret on July 27, 2013, 09:00:23 PM

Yes, it is a lovely colour. I try to let the dark P. somnifera self seed on my allotment but after a few years they revert to the pale lilac. So I restock with dark flower seed from Derry Watkins
http://www.specialplants.net/shop/search/papaver_somniferum_laurens_grape/ (http://www.specialplants.net/shop/search/papaver_somniferum_laurens_grape/)