Wild Welsh Poppy Seeds.

Gingham_Ribbon

patchwork_cat wrote: »

BE careful no one spots you - they'll think you are opening an Opium den!!! My Grandpa used to grow poppies in his front garden and one morning he came out to find slits in all the seed heads - they must have been deperate for a hit in St Annes!!!

:eek: :rotfl:
I always think that one of these days our student neighbours are going to try to smoke the leaves from my acer.

hev_2

Speaking as someone with Welsh Poppies in their garden - they will spread, they will flourish and you will never, ever get rid of them, not even with a flame thrower.

Actually, I make a lot of mistakes gardening (if you call my occasional efforts that). I look for things that I can't kill and so I now have Russian Vine taking over one side of the tiny yard, a buddlia that shows up on photos from the Moon and Welsh Poppies, always and ever.

They do look lovely and cheerful though and they do cheer me up when I see them.

Zazen999

hev wrote: »

Speaking as someone with Welsh Poppies in their garden - they will spread, they will flourish and you will never, ever get rid of them, not even with a flame thrower.

Actually, I make a lot of mistakes gardening (if you call my occasional efforts that). I look for things that I can't kill and so I now have Russian Vine taking over one side of the tiny yard, a buddlia that shows up on photos from the Moon and Welsh Poppies, always and ever.

They do look lovely and cheerful though and they do cheer me up when I see them.

If you deadhead each poppy as the petals fall off, then they won't set seed and thus you can clear them.

i love poppies; but wouldn't eat the seed as only opium poppies are edible.

Gingham_Ribbon

They're so pretty. And my 'garden' isn't really very ordered so I'm happy to have them appearing willy-nilly. Plus, my son thinks poppies are a reminder that we should all be kind to each other and that'll do for me!

katieowl_2

I don't think I'd risk it, and I'm all for food for free. The Welsh poppy is a member of the Meconopsis family, not the Papaver

It's the opium poppy that the commercial 'poppy seeds' are harvested from

http://www.opioids.com/poppy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poppy

Just remember though you run the risk of failing a drugs test, which might be a consideration at sports day :rotfl:


Regards

Kate