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Re: Poppies (p. somniferum?)

On Tue 22 Sep,  EVA   THORN wrote:
> As far as I remember, the leaves were greyish green. The plants were 
> very vigorous and the seeds are bluish grey and look the same as the 
> seeds from a packet of P. 'paeony flowered' that I also planted this 
> spring. Thanks for the interesting information that they will not 
> cross pollinate. Does that go for most P. species?
> 
> Eva Thorn
> Northeast Ohio, z 5
>
I don't know, ask an expert botanist but I would expect that the less
closely related two plants are, the less likely that they will
cross-pollinate. On the other hand think of cabbages, celery, carrots,
cucurbits, they are quite difficult to keep pure strains. But you can't
necssarily say with poppies that they are related at all.
-- 
Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
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