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Shirley poppies

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By Wagger


Shirley poppies (papaver 'Shirley')



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beautiful bloom,i love the colour.

28 Sep, 2009

 

Lovel the colours and wonderful display such a pretty flower.

28 Sep, 2009

 

I put about fifty of these in and these are the only two pale ones, all the rest have been shades of red and orange, nothing like the seed packet. What's new, lol.

28 Sep, 2009

 

Did you buy them fromT&M if so it would nt be unusual.

28 Sep, 2009

 

I'll have a look in the morning.

28 Sep, 2009

 

Ok I see tomorrow quite a few people on here have had bad experience with them even Spritzhenry has only one flower out of a packet full from T&M

28 Sep, 2009

 

Never heard of "Shirley Poppies" but they do look nice.

28 Sep, 2009

 

Oops. Morgana - forgot to look - will try to remember tomorrow. Age related, don't you know.

29 Sep, 2009

 

To day I went to a pound shop and guess what I bought 2 for a pound yes seeds and what was there but yes this flower, so now Toto can see for himself that they do exsist :o)) I will do a blog on what seed I bought.

29 Sep, 2009

 

I finally remembered to look at the packet and it's Mr Fothergills, Morgana.

30 Sep, 2009

 

Ha ha this one is called country value, so we will see which one is the best provider, strange as Mr Fothergills is normally a good name

30 Sep, 2009

 

Well, germination was certainly very good - it's just the range of colours that are annoying - or lack of I should say.

30 Sep, 2009

 

Yes, I have noticed that in the past, they are not what they say in variety of colours, with other seeds.

30 Sep, 2009

 

Pretty though, but annoying as well, never heard of them before.

11 Oct, 2009

 

A vicar bred them from the wild field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Daisy, and his parish was in Shirley,

12 Oct, 2009

 

Ahhhh I think I saw something about this on T.V. some time ago?

12 Oct, 2009

 

I think it was dear ol Geoff on Gardeners World. though I'm sure they must have been on more recently than that, lol.

13 Oct, 2009



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