Hi I have several papaver orientale and all have flower beds. One however has black stem and black bud. The bud fell of as soon as I touched it and when I picked it up and looked closed it seem like puss oozing from bottom! Any idea what caused this? Thankd
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Or maybe it's raw opium?
Raw opium oozes from the pod of Papaver somniferum but not orientalis hybrids.
Its a milky white latex type fresh that turns brown on exposure to air.
Aha! Someone who knows! One has to ask..... how did he find out???
All mine have done the same
I've just visited a garden where they're all as you describe Frozz.
The gardeners are putting it down to the extreme wet.
In the sticks near Peterborough