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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Taproot
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
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Common names
  • Peony Poppy
  • Opium Poppy
Also sold as:
  • Papaver Paeoniflorum

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Date: July 2018

Date: July 2018

Date: July 2018

Date: July 2018
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-22
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-22

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  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds
  • Uploaded by Joy
Plant Events from our members
chelle On March 20, 2015 Seeds sown
Direct sown - Ash tree bed
piksihk On March 31, 2016 Obtained plant
rec'd seeds 2014
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