Poppy ?

[1batfastard]

Hi All,
Another poser here for you:- Is this a weed or am I right in thinking it is a Poppy please ? Apologies for the pictures another case of cannot rotate them on the forum for whatever reason....

Geoff.

[Plot70]

It looks like a cultivated poppy.

[Snoop Puss]

We only have bog-standard wild poppies. Doesn't look like ours, so I was sceptical it could be a poppy. But have a look at Peony Poppies, see what you reckon.

[1batfastard]

Hi All,
Plot70 - What is a cultivated Poppy ? & Snoop Puss :- I will look at your suggestions, many thanks for the replies both...

Geoff.

[Vince G]

Definitely a poppy, looks like the opium poppy type I have at the lottie, that greyish green foliage is very distinctive.

[1batfastard]

Hi All,
Vince G - So your telling me I have either a job opportunity then or a visit from the police is on the agenda.... How on earth has this happened I haven't heard of any Opium Poppy fields around Warwickshire, wow that has come a a bit of a shocker. I'll still have a look like SP said and thanks for your input matey.

Geoff.

[Plot70]

They usually produce purple flowers and there is indeed a "Naughty" variety grown overseas.

[Nicos]

We used to see them dotted around plots on our first allotment site too.
Very pretty flowers.
The foliage is lovely isn’t it?

I did goooogle to see if they are actually illegal to grow- as I noticed there seem to be lots of different and very pretty colours available. The RHS actually sell the seed so I guess if they are selling them then they can’t be!

https://www.rhsplants.co.uk/plants/_...id.2000023924/

[Vince G]

Hi All,
Vince G - So your telling me I have either a job opportunity then or a visit from the police is on the agenda.... How on earth has this happened I haven't heard of any Opium Poppy fields around Warwickshire, wow that has come a a bit of a shocker. I'll still have a look like SP said and thanks for your input matey.

Geoff.

Hahaha, you can see a few in the attached pic from my lottie. Variety is called Lauren's Grape which sounds very innocent....or perhaps that's deliberate to throw us off the scent! Seriously though, I have no idea if the opium poppies we can buy seeds for have any narcotic content. Don't intend to investigate either! (excuse the horestail, not weeded that bed for a while!)

[1batfastard]

Hi All,
Vince G / Plot70 / Snoop Puss / Nicos - Thank you all for your input I did look up both types and they look very similar to one another, so I will let it grow and hopefulll share the pictures when it blooms.....

Geoff.

[1batfastard]

Hi again All,
Well I was going to take a couple of pic's of the blooms but they have all dropped off......... But at least I'll have plenty of seed when they are ready......

Geoff.