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Originally Posted by GeoffC
Make a note of where that poppy is and go back in a few weeks when the flower will be dead and in its place will be a seed head. When this turns brown the seeds (if fertile) will be ready for planting .....
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Thanks! I had a very very vague idea this would be the thing to do. I had an idea: I'll go back with my GPS and memorize the spots
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Originally Posted by beppe
It is not stupid. Some are really beautiful. The poppy poppies are of an other sort. But you can get the plants from the guys near Pont Neuf. Pink are the most beautiful. They have nice leaves that stay nice also in winter. The seeds, if you toast them are the usual poppy seeds that you can buy in grocery stores.
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Beppe, I could have bought poppy seeds at the shop, but those are cultivated poppies, they're different from the ones you see on the edge of fields or in meadows. I just want the ordinary ones
I've always felt drawn to those plants we call "mauvaises herbes" (bad weeds). Some of them are beautiful, and even if they are not, you have to admire their energy and resourcefulness