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Laurens grape/Shirley Poppy

16 years ago

New blooms this morning.

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vera_eastern_wa
16 years ago
Love the purple!!
...but why do your shirley poppy leaves look like opium poppy leaves to me? My shirley have very soft, hairy dark green leaves...almost dandelion looking...very dense clumps of foliage.

Vera
vera_eastern_wa
16 years ago
Ok here's a pic to compare my shirley to the opium poppies...
The opium have smooth large flower buds and the shirley have smaller hairy buds...
The leaves of the first are smooth waxy gray-green leaves while the 2nd have deeply cut/lobed dark green hairy leaves
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poppy_power
Original Author
16 years ago
I like the Laurens grape poppy color,the laurens grapes is a true purple color.My shirleys have hairy looking leaves.
I sowed black peony poppy seeds,hoping! I will get at least one bloom of those?Still waiting on some more poppies to bloom.I sowed all my poppies as a mix.I check to see what new ones bloom each day.
vera_eastern_wa
16 years ago
LOL!!! I now know what I did....I read the message title wrong. Instead of Laurens Grape/Shirley Poppy I read "Laurens Grape Shirley Poppy" good grief drink more coffee Vera HA

Vera

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