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Poppy Seeds SALE or TRADE
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I don't have any seeds for you this year, but I just bought a bunch of seeds from
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Could you please post a picture of a 4" poppy seedpod? This is quite different from the approx. 1/2" pod I am familiar with on Papaver somniferum. Is this some special variety? How does a poppy stem support such a large fruit?
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You note on your website that Wal-Mart sells the papaver somniferum variiety. Are you sure of this? I was pretty sure that they sold the other papavers, but not somniferum.
Andrew
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20 years ago
All grocery stores sell P. somniferum... on their spice shelf. Poppy seed (the spice) is from P. somniferum.
Henriette
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Can you believe Thompson and Morgan bowed to a US request to remove Hens and Chicks from their catalog? Some of the steps we take in this "drug war" are absolutely rediculous. Ken A.
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What does 'hens and chicks' have to do with drugs?
Pat
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Hens and Chickens, a big somniferum. It's still in the UK catalog.
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Thanks. I didn't know they are in that family.
They're a very useful plant too, especially for rock gardens and similar.
Yes, the WoD is often ridiculous. I've come around to the viewpoint that drugs should be legalized: what the USA is doing now is not working, and is criminalizing an awful lot of people.
Pat
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You mean Sempervivum tectorum (and other species), houseleek, or "Hens and chickens".
Ken means Papaver somniferum 'Hens and chickens', a gorgeous garden beauty
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You're talking different plants.
Henriette
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useful plant for rock gardens, etc.
It appears that the USA and UK call two different plants 'hens and chicks' - not a surprise.
The ones we call 'hens and chicks' in the USA are _Sempervivum tectorum_ and they are definitely not an annual and not 30" high as described in the T&M catalog. They're a low-growing perennial succulent. There are variations but all in the _Sempervivum_ family, AFAIK, and all low-growing perennials, AFAIK.
T&M doesn't give the scientific name but their 'hens and chicks' are obviously not the same thing at all.
Pat