Poppy seeds
By Craftyemma
Derbyshire,
United Kingdom 
I have a Garden Gnome poppy which is just coming into flower. Am I right in thinking (with a little help from Google) that if I leave the stems after the petals have dropped they will swell and dry. Then I can get the seeds out and plant them for next year? Thanks, Emma.
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Papaver
14 Aug, 2009
Answers
Or just leave them to drop naturally and grow where they fall :-)
14 Aug, 2009
Thanks to both of you for your replies, the following flowers are more orange/yellow in colour, they look lovely :)
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That is correct, Emma. They may not be exactly the same colour but htey should grow OK. They might take a couple of years to flower, though.
After you have collected the seeds you could use the dry seed heads as part of an autumn flower decoration.
14 Aug, 2009