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Poppies





I read with interest a little while ago on this list about poppies and
their culture.  Someone had mentioned that a friend had bought poppy seeds
from the grocery and grew some that way.  I now have a jar.  I live in zone
5.  Should I sow these seeds now or wait until spring?  If spring, then
when?  What is the best method of propagation:  sow in a seed flat or
scatter them about the garden bed?

I also read where you cannot legally grow opium poppies, yet I see them
often in gardening magazines in featured gardens and I see where T&M offers
them.  I would love to get these seeds as I think those poppies are
gorgeous.  Has anyone had a negative experience growing these?  I wouldn't
want to have these in my rose bed and the cops raid me one night!

One last question (please bear with me!):  I would like to try and grow
oriental poppies (the true perennial type) from seed, yet I've read where
they will not come true from seed and will have misshapen blooms.  Is this
true in anyone's experience?  I don't want to pay a lot of money per plant,
yet I don't see these offered in catalogs inexpensively nor do I see seed
packets of individual types -- only a mixture.  What's up with these?
What's the best method of propagation?

Mucho gracias to all advisors!!
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