Found this Poppy in my garden...

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  1. Dave Rae

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    Any idea what type of Poppy this is? Moved into my new house and the grass was mega long. Mowed it down and this was hiding among it :) WP_000050.jpg
     
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      Opium poppy
       
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        As Scrungee says an opium poppy aka Papaver. :)
         
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          That's a lovely shade of pink, very fine!!:snork:
           
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            Papaver somniferum. Fabulous thing. You can collect the seeds and put them on bread when you're baking. Scatter them around and you'll get loads more next year.
             
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              I'd rather sow them in the ground and watch them grow"!!:heehee:
               
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                Cheers guys :) How and when do I collect the seeds? Would be cool to grow them again next year :D
                 
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                When the flower finishes the seed pod will remain, it is large and round, let it mature the seeds inside, then collect into a paper envelope when it turns brown. If when you collect the pod the weather is wet, leave the seeds somewhere warm and dry to dry out completely.
                 
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