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Re: Poppies

>>>I have never had much luck with Poppies here, but I may be planting them
>>>too deep and too late for our area.  CAN breadseed poppies be grown in S
>>>Central Tx , Zone 8?  My healthfood store has a gallon jug of them for
>>>cooking, if I bought some of those, how would I prepare them or the
>>>ground for planting. Should I wait till it's really hard winter? No
>>>snow, just freezing mud normally.
>>>martha
>>
>>Yes, you can grow breadseed poppies in S. Central TX. I do, and I live
>>about halfway between Houston and San Antonio, just south of I-10. The deal
>>is, if we have an early summer, they may not be mature enough to set seed
>>before they give up in the heat. But, they are definitely worth a try.
>>Cindy in TX Z8/9
>
>What do these poppies look like in bloom? I have some poppyseed from the
>health food store as well, and would like to scatter them around. How tall
>do they get?
>thanks,
>karen
>
>southern california, zone 9

The breadseed poppies I grow are a light mauve in color and get to be about
2-2 1/2 feet tall in a good year, not too hot too soon and enough but not
too much water (!).  Good luck, Cindy in TX Z8/9
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