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John Savage wrote:

My Mum has been growing poppies for decades. The last two years
have been disappointing--the "Iceland Poppy" seedlings sold to
her by her local nursery turned out as you describe. They grew
into nothing like Iceland poppies. The plants were tiny, stunted,
half of them died, and the few buds that did open were all tiny
and all orange-coloured!

suspicious

Were they mislabelled Californian poppies?

--
Chookie -- Sydney, Australia
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