Re: Papaver tauricola
- To: <K*@aol.com>, <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Papaver tauricola
- From: "* B* <b*@mcmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:48:24 +0100
Don't know if this helps or confuses. Christopher Lloyd,famous British
plantsman, (and fellow lover of exotic plants), has recently written about
growing your poppy . Where he gardens in south east England it grows as an
annual . He describes it as having 'glaucous leaves and soft red,quite
sizeable flowers that have telling black blotches'. Does this sound like the
same plant ?
Veronica Borrett
London,UK
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From: K1MIZE@aol.com <K1MIZE@aol.com>
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Date: 14 June 1999 04:08
Subject: Papaver tauricola
>Is anyone familiar with this plant? I picked one up at the Grand Lake Ace
>Hardware nursery in Oakland yesterday. The label said it was a perennial,
>native to Turkey, and has 5" orange flowers with green centers. The
foliage
>is bluish-green with soft prickles. I'd like to hear from anyone who has
>grown it to find out what its cultural requirements are. Also, I was
>wondering if any of the folks that I sent poppy seeds to have had any
>success. This year's plants have already gone to seed in my garden, so
there
>are plenty for anyone who is interested. Thanks.
>
>Kurt Mize
>Stockton, California
>USDA Zone 9
>
