baymule
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I let the dandelions grow wild in my tomato beds......and the green beans..... and over by the oak stump....... in the corn....... Your poppies are prettier than the dandelions. 
This is why I am bad at weeding
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buckabucka
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Well, I did pull lots of them. We could not have vegetables otherwise. I purchased the seeds originally, but they have self-seeded since. Fedco has double dark purple seed too, but I've had trouble getting them established.
If I can remember to save some seed this year, Smart Red, I can send some your way!
so lucky
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What kind are they? I am not familiar enough with poppies to know. Shirley poppies? I know they are not the big perennial ones, nor California poppies.........I'd say they are not a bad "weed" to have!
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buckabucka
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I got the poppy seed from Fedco, called Carnation Rose. It is not listed in the 2014 catalog because of a crop failure.
The 2013 catalog says (among other things): " A prolific self-sower. An old type of passalong plant; a mix was offered by J.M.M. McGullough's Sons 1885 seed catalog in Cincinnati, OH."
And from another website:
"Carnation poppies are sometimes referred to as peony poppies or opium poppies. They are a member of the Papaver somniferum and paeoniflorum family of poppies."
The 2013 catalog says (among other things): " A prolific self-sower. An old type of passalong plant; a mix was offered by J.M.M. McGullough's Sons 1885 seed catalog in Cincinnati, OH."
And from another website:
"Carnation poppies are sometimes referred to as peony poppies or opium poppies. They are a member of the Papaver somniferum and paeoniflorum family of poppies."
seedcorn
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The ones that come up in my garden can not be transplanted. When I pull the seed heads after plant dies, I've had nothing but bad luck getting them to grow where I want them to. Instead sprout as weeds, but it leave them alone.
Bay, you and your dandelions!
Bay, you and your dandelions!
journey11
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I planted some Black Swan poppies this year, from Baker Creek. They haven't bloomed yet (even though I started them indoors). I hope they'll reseed themselves too.
This is what they're supposed to look like...
This is what they're supposed to look like...
baymule
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Jared77
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Wow both pictures are of beautiful!
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@journey11, those poppies are beautiful! Never have I seen anything like them before.
journey11
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If they do well, I should have some seed to share. I wish I had planted them earlier though. It seems fall/early spring is the best time.
