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Can anyone identify this poppy?
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Can anyone identify this poppy, please? I'm not making this easy because there are no flowers left, but I'm hoping someone might be able nonetheless to point me in the right direction, as I'd like to try propagating more for next year and not sure how to go about it. This is a very old plant, very woody, with the silvery leaves growing only at its extremities (hopefully the woody bit shows at the bottom of the photo) - I think it won't last much longer, so I'd like to try and get some "babies" from it before it's too late. It has lovely orange flowers, which go brilliantly with the blue eryngium bourgatii.
Thank you!
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Nearest I can get is Glaucium flavum.
Some helpful info on this site: https://www.gardenershq.com/Glaucium-Horned-Poppy.php
Fantastic - I knew someone would be able to set me in the right direction! Looking at the photos on that site, it's without a doubt Glaucium flavum v. aurantiacum. And I just need to encourage self-seeding rather than fiddle around trying to propagate vegetatively. Thank you!