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Originally Posted by Spider[_3_]
On 13/06/2012 18:27, Thanks in advance
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Hi Sue,
I suspect your poppy may have been the white form of Papaver rhoeas,
which displayed an increasing tendency to revert to its fully red form.
I think your best chance of repeating your poppy would be to buy either
Poppy 'Bridal White' - Value Seed Varieties - Thompson & Morgan
or
Papaver rhoeas 'Bridal Silk' - Poppy Seeds
and hope that there is some slight reversion to red. I suspect there is
a strong tendency for this to happen. If so, you can save seed from
those plants which most match those in your memory. They may or may not
come true to the favoured white and red parent, but I think it's worth a
try.
Hope this helps.
--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay
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Thanks Spider. The ones I had came from another gardener's garden, (not from a packet) so maybe they were something white reverting to red. Papaver rhoeas doesn't look the right shape, but your suggestion is worth a try if I can't find something that matches my memory. I'll get some to plant this autumn in the hope they'll flower late May/early June like the others did.
Thanks again for your help
Sue