Re: Oriental Poppies. Waste of Space? -Reply

At 09:42 PM 1/20/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I haven't actually seen one, but have seen pictures.  In an American
>magazine it appeared to be a dark but attractive reddish purple.  In a
>British magazine (BBC Gardeners World which I buy regularly) it looked a
>very unattractive muddy colour, sort of like the rinse water goes in
>primary school when you are painting with watercolours.  Which is it in
>real life?


rather like the later description! The breeder Patricia morrow originally
threw it on the  compost heap  because she thouht it a weird colour and a
visitor to her nursery rescued it obvioously an acquired taste. It is
stunning in the right place and is a popular plant.
Colette Dunkley
Upton Wirral Merseyside England Approximates USDA Zones 8/9
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