Re: Anni Jensen writes about Papaver tauricola

Anni, can you tell us where/how to acquire this plant?  I am in Southern
California

Thank you

Nan
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>Hi Kurt
>A belated note on Papaver tauricola.
>As the propagator for the nursery that introduced the plant to California
>this year I felt compelled to seek more information about it, but further
>information was hard to find. Chiltern (which supplied us with the seed)
>was correct when it said that this poppy is 'apparently new to
>cultivation'. I finally found it in Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean
>Islands, a 10 volume tome by P.H.Davis.
>P. tauricola is a biennial herb with bristly pinnatisect leaves and
>branched stems with many flower buds showing long , orange-brown hairs. The
>petals will be red to orange. It appears that Christopher Lloyd does not
>have the true Papaver tauricola, I hope that we do. A precocious plant
>bloomed at the nursery, and the flower was pink, very pretty I was told.
>Cultivation? The natural habitat is on screes and rocky slopes in the
>Taurus mountains which probably means good drainage. I put some in pots and
>some in the ground (clay) just to see what will happen. The related P.
>triniifolium,which also grows on screes in Turkey, is tricky in the ground,
>sometimes the root liquifies with rot, sometimes it does OK for a few
>years.
>Good luck with your plant.
>Anni Jensen
>
>PS. The flowers are not 5". The plant is 15" tall - sometimes the number 1
>does not print well on the label.That is my best guess at where the number
>5 comes from, and then it must have been unclear what it referred to. Sorry
>about that.

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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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