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Re: Opium poppies

They are everywhere, on seed racks even.  Usually they use different names
to avoid the "bad" name "somniferum."  So you will see "Peony-flowerd
poppy," "hen and chicks poppy" (a form with tiny extra pods around the
base of the central one), "danish flag" (a neat one with cut-edge petals
and a white cross in the middle).  The one they call P. laciniatum is, I
think, a finely-cut variety of P. somniferum as well.  Chiltern seeds also
has some very nice ones (single deep purples and lavenders, which are my
personal favorites).  Their address is:

Chiltern Seeds
Bortree Stile
Ulverston
Cumbria, LA12 7PB
ENGLAND

There is no problem whatsoever ordering seed from England, just use a
credit card to get around the exchange rate complications.  They are a
wonderful catalog in many ways.

Bob

On Fri, 6 Feb 1998 Nancy1234@aol.com wrote:

> Can anyone advise if they're commercially available and if so, where?
> 
> Thanks
> Nancy1234@aol.com
>
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