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‘Peony-form poppy’ - flowers for 3 months?

squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
edited June 2021 in Plants
I saw this plant at the allotment yesterday. 

Based on my online search, it’s a kind of ‘peony-form poppy’ (papaver somniferum var. paeoniflorum) that flowers for three months. 

Has anyone grown this before? Does it really flower for three months?


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  • DitsyDitsy Posts: 196
    I have grown similar, If I remember rightly I think about 3 weeks was more like it. They were beautiful though. They self seeded for a few years then I lost them.
  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    Thanks @ditsy. I guess 3 weeks is still good. 

    I like the foliage too. 

    I planted irises for the first time this year… they flowered for a week. Blink and you miss them. Lessons for the impatient novice gardener. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    There's one of those just opening in my garden. A few weeks is all it'll flower for, and only then if we don't get windy weather. The petals drop really easily.
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  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    Mine lasted for just 2 days before it was shorn of the petals.
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  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    If this is the case… on what bases can it say flowers for 3 months on the seed pack?!
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Flowers about three months from sowing. Each flower lasts about 3 days.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The charts on seed packets tell you the period during which it is likely to flower but not for how long.
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  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    B3 said:
    The charts on seed packets tell you the period during which it is likely to flower but not for how long.
    Thanks for clarifying this.

  • AngelicantAngelicant Posts: 130
    Successive sowings over 3 months would potentially give you 3 months of flowers 
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