It's very pretty. Reminds me of a lady decked out in a fabulous hat during the Roaring 20s! I know nothing about poppies. I finally got some plain old orange poppies to bloom this year and I'm ecstatic! Good luck! Heidi

Thanks xiangirl! These two strange poppies are pretty. They sure aren't what the tag said they should be though.

Try this link....

Oriental Poppy varieties

Prairiemoon I tried your link. Unfortunately it didn't solve the mystery of these Oriental Poppies not being any known type. Here's a new clump opening today. The lower poppy looks like Harlem, but the one above does not. This is one pot of poppies. This is the variation I am referring to.

Three more mutants. Very pretty! What exactly do I have here?

As a piece de resistance this short bright orange one. Variety is Allegro, I believe. It is true to form.

I've found reference to an Oriental Poppy called 'Tiffany'. Is that a possibility?

This is an internet stock photo of variety 'Tiffany'. This is not a poppy variety I planted. Had never heard of it.

Sorry, Dara, I didn't have time to read the link I sent you, but the first photo on that page, looked just like yours. I thought it would identify it in the article.

You definitely have an Oriental Poppy. I have 'Princess Victoria Louise' that is just getting ready to open up. It's the salmon color with the black interior. Yours looks more pink. You possibly have some seedlings that have not come true to seed. But the pink with the black base, seems to be a named variety. As is the orange red. You might find all the names of oriental cultivars and google then in image mode and see if you can identify it.

I tried that prairiemoon. Still a mystery. As you can see, potted plant has at least two poppy types growing in it. The dusty pink with serrated edges is off the charts too. The red, mauve and lavender stripy flowers are just unique! I have grown 'Princess Victoria Louise' so know what that poppy looks like. These new poppies are way different.

Probably seed grown, then you get whatever you get. Years ago I wanted the blood red ‘Beauty of Livermere’. The plant I got bloomed more orangey red. I still have it, but later I bought a true BoL in bloom. Then you know what you get. They can also be propagated via root cuttings. Those come true to form, but you don’t often get them, unless from a friend or a small nursery that grows its own plants. Just enjoy your beautiful plants, with or without name.

I think you are right gdinie. It is annoying that the plants aren't what they say they are on the tag though. Especially when there must be more than one plant growing in each pot, due to flower variation. I am going to have to come up with names for these plants.

Once I got mislabeled astilbe from my favorite mail-order source. Right off the bat, the foliage did not look exactly like the other "Peach Blossom" I planted it with. I didn't think they could be wrong, figured it was me--maybe the foliage would turn the right color green when it was sitting in the garden for a bit...etc, etc....and then it flowered--definitely NOT peach! Frustrating, for sure!

Generally I don't think it is us, Violetsnapdragon. We know what the plants should be. Then when they are something different...what can be done? For mail order I would have complained to the company. The problem is with the Oriental Poppies, this is their second year in the garden. Tags? What tags? I'm not organized enough to keep receipts. So am stuck with whatever I've got.

Yeah--I didn't draw the conclusion that they were the wrong plant until the second year.....which is a little late for complaining, unfortunately.