Papaver somniferum 2013

Papaver somniferum

This is an introduction to what I have to sell or even trade; I ship worldwide; seeds £1.00 p&p for the United Kingdom and £2.00 for the rest of the world. Plants get sent out in winter time in there dormant state, plants vary in size so contact me for postage charges.

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Email me: kykeonplants@gmail.com or Farmerdodds@hotmail.co.uk

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Papaver somniferum 2013

Sadly after the worst spring in 50 years, not all of the poppies that I planned to have available, there will be, no China blue, China white, Afghan red or Merck pharmaceutical Tasmanian poppies this year sorry, and there will be a shortage of Izmir Afghan.

Merck pharmaceutical Tasmanian

Available from September 2013

NEW: 'Starry Night'

Fast to germinate, one of the first to be sown and one of the last to flower, pretty light green fleshly serrated leaves, flowers almost black/purple with pink tipped petals, on close inspection the flowers shimmer in the light, plants grow four to five feet tall, a total joy see, only one to three flowers per plant so plant the on mass, magical, unusual and rare.

SOLD OUT!

[Notes: Starry Night is an exotic and magnificent multi-colour Papaver somniferum flower, extending from shades of red, purple, black, and florescent pink, and originally obtained back in 2011 from  poppyseeddreams.com but has been sadly out of stock ever since. I will have them available towards the end of the summer.]

'Starry Night'

British Pharmaceutical [ex. Oxfordshire, UK]

Fast to germinate, and one of the quickest to flower that I have grown, only a single flower per plant, growth and flowers very slimier to that of the Tasmanian poppies, plants three to four feet in height, neat serrated leaves, and smooth large frosted egg shaped pods. Seeds originally collected from pods from a field in Oxfordshire by a friend, back in 2011, sadly most of the seeds in the pods were a little undeveloped and failed to germinate, but I did manage to grow three plants in 2012 and save some viable seed, so I was able to grow a nice amount this year, I will have seed to sell at the end of the summer for anyone interested.

300+ seeds £3.50 / 1500+ £4.75 Available now

Notes: Large swathes of the English countryside are being turned over to pharmaceutical grade Papaver somniferum - with the full backing of the Government. Farmers are cultivating the poppies to combat a critical shortage of morphine in NHS hospitals, and are finding it a lucrative crop. In the UK, the Home Office has granted pharmaceutical company Macfarlan Smith a licence to harvest the poppies, and now they are being grown in tens of farms across Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire. The move aims to ease the severe lack of diamorphine that has hit the NHS, and the rest of the world, for several years.

[Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-468430/The-painkilling-fields-Englands-opium-poppies-tackle-NHS-morphine-crisis.html#ixzz2YuEEuPBT" rel="nofollow">www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-468430/The-painkilling-f...</a>]

Macfarlan Smith Limited 'Growing Morphine Poppies'

Papaver somniferum In April 2006 Johnson Matthey Macfarlan Smith took ownership of the only UK poppy growing business. We can now manage our morphine supply from UK soil and are dedicated to expanding the British poppy production.

Poppies are a spring sown break-crop recognised under the single farm payment scheme and are an ideal entry to first wheat.  All crops are authorised by the home office. Macfarlan Smith manages the agronomy of the crop as well as harvesting the crop using specialist equipment. We are currently growing poppies in Dorset, Hampshire, and Oxfordshire & Lincolnshire.

<a href="http://www.macsmith.com/index.php?page=uk-poppies" rel="nofollow">www.macsmith.com/index.php?page=uk-poppies</a>

'British Pharmaceutical [ex. Oxfordshire, UK]'

'Hungarian pharmaceutical'

Last year I was sent some fantastically hard to find Hungarian pharmaceutical grade poppies, sadly I only had enough room left to grow two of them 1# [Etaz] and 2# [Sahir], both were good strong vigorous strains. This year I have made room for all three, sowing the 3# [Alcaliber] first.

300+ seeds £3.50 / 1500+ seeds £4.75

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #1 ‘ETAZ’

Fast to germinate and moderately fast to flower, strong plants to six feet or more in height, large flowers white with purple base spots through to purple with darker purple base spots, large ribbed pumpkin shaped pods, similar to the other two in flower alone, very nice poppy.

Note: grow this poppy last year and wasn't planning to grow it again his year, but it sold so well I nearly sold all my own stash by mistake, ended up with only a few hundred seeds, so I sowed them only to restock my own stash, but should still have some to spare.

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #1 ‘ETAZ’

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #2 ‘SAHIR’

Fast to germinate and moderately fast to flower, strong plants to six feet or more in height, large flowers white with purple base spots through to purple with darker purple base spots, also contains cut petalled flowers in the mix, very large pear shaped ribbed pods, similar to Alcaliber, fantastic poppy, planted on mass it makes for a beautiful sight, my favourite poppy for 2013.

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #2 ‘SAHIR’

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #3 ‘ALCALIBER’

Fast to germinate and moderately fast to flower, strong plants to six feet in height, large flowers white with purple base spots through to purple with darker purple base spots, large pear shaped ribbed pods, great poppy.

'Hungarian pharmaceutical #3 ‘ALCALIBER’

'Star of Persia'

Impressively germinated within one week, and fast to flower, late sowing and performed pretty well with it, growing between three to four feet in height, nice frilly pure white flowers, as frilly poppies go this is one of the finest.

300+ seeds £3.50 

Notes: purchased from a USA eBay seller Mr seadman57; "Star of Persia" Persian White Poppy Flower Seeds Papaver somniferum 300+ Seeds.

'Star of Persia'

'Papaver somniferum 'Afghan' [ex. Arghandab, Afghanistan]

Got a hold of these little gems last year, straight from Afghanistan, I was late sowing them last year and they didn't do very well, weedy little plants up to two feet in height with small pods, they were the first to be sown this spring and needless to say, they have done a lot better, four feet in height, two to three flowers per plant, very delicate pink and white flowers, as always there will be various in colours, from red and white to pure white, medium sized pods.

300+ seeds £4.50 

'Afghan' [ex. Arghandab, Afghanistan]

'Burma Giants'

Bought these under the impression that they were the same are the Burma Golden Triangle poppies that I have grown before, well their not, similar but defiantly not the same plant, fast, strong plants, said to be able grow to ten feet in height, large pastel coloured flowers and large ribbed pods.

300+ seeds £3.50

'Burma Giants'

'China Pink'

Plants to three feet in height, flowers come in all shades of pink through to red, medium sized round pods, very pretty, but seem to struggle a bit with cold weather.

SOLD OUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER!

'China Pink'

'China Red x White Bush'

Very robust poppies to at least 6 feet, flowers very large striped and pink, large round pods, very hardy with cold and pests, a true beautiful freak.

SOLD OUT!

Notes: This is from a group of self-sown poppy, which managed to over winter and grow into six foot mutant, both the China Pink and the Bush Poppies are very hardy and both share the same type of foliage. China Reds grow to about 4-5 feet tall with large red through to pink flowers with round medium sized pods; White Bush Poppies grow to about 3 feet tall with flowers that resemble that of the Tasmanian poppies, medium sized round pods. With its height I took it to be a self-sown China Red, but I have now come to the conclusion that this is a cross.

'China Red x White Bush'

'Izmir Afghan Galania Poppy'

Original obtained from the Izmir Farm website that seems to have bitten the dust, he is supposed to have received directly from Afghanistan, very nice genuine Afghan poppy, good plants will reach 3 - 4 feet in height, large pink and white flowers, followed by large barrel shaped pods, seeds need to be in the ground early as later sowing will bolt, high yield, a top quality alkaloid rich poppy, white seeds.

Notes: Galania

Height 4 feet or less, flowers white with pink or dark pink border, size of capsule 3” x 2”, and round, oblong and flattened a little on top, colour of capsule dark green, yield more opium and less seed than Dhaturia, colour of opium light brown.

SOLD OUT UNTIL AUGUST!

'Izmir Afghan Poppy'

'Afghan white'

Another fantastic genuine Afghan poppy, that needs to be sown early if you want large plants, fast to germinate and to flower, strong plants to 4 - 5 feet, large pure white flowers, followed by large barrel shaped pods, high yield, a top quality alkaloid rich poppy, white seeds.

300+ seeds £4.75 Available [LOW STOCK!]

'Afghan white' 

'Bush Poppy'

Grows to about 2 feet, Amazing high yield and high quality, small pods, this is one of three verity of Izmir bush poppy that grow from a packet of seed bought from Izmir farm, very productive and very hardy, this variety is the hardest poppy I have grown, it will survive more frost and fungus attacks than any other, and it’s tough as old boots, over winter plants can produce well over 100 pods per plant.

300+ seeds £3.50 Available now

'Bush Poppy'

'White Bush Poppy'

This is the second bush poppy to be taken from the Izmir bush poppy mix. plant from 3 - 5 feet, Flowers look very similar to that of the Taz poppies with the odd frilly one here and there, very thick round frosted pods that are extremely productive, both this poppy and the small bush poppy are amongst the best I have ever grown, never fails to impress no matter what the weather, plant can produce anything from 1 to 10 pods per plant.

300+ seeds £3.50 Available now

'White Bush Poppy'

OTHER PAPAVER NEW FOR 2013

Papaver bracteatum 'Armenian Poppy'

Papaver bracteatum, also known as the Iranian poppy, is a sturdy perennial poppy with large deep red flowers up to 8 inches (20 cm) across on stiff stalks up to 4 feet (1.22 metres) high with a prominent black spot near the base of the petals. It is related to the commonly cultivated oriental poppy, Papaver orientale. Non-horticultural use of this species is for the production of thebaine, which is commercially converted to codeine and semi-synthetic opiates. Papaver bracteatum does not contain morphine, codeine or any other narcotic alkaloids in significant amounts. Oripavine was reported in minute traces but would not exert a relevant activity.

Papaver bracteatum 'Armenian Poppy' [Royal Botanic Gardens KEW]

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  Papaver glaucum ‘Tulip Poppy’

Papaver glaucum is a native of the Near East where it is usually found at high elevations on sandy rocky mountainsides. Turkey Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran are all classic Tulip poppy territory. It is closely related to Papaver somniferum and has the classic poppy markings – a stunning scarlet colour with clear black blotches on each petal. There are two main differences, firstly its size; it is quite diminutive in relation to its large cousins, growing to only 45-50cm. Its round, smooth pods are correspondingly smaller, at around 2cm long and the leaves are more deeply lobed than the leaves of P. somniferum, the second main difference is one that makes it quite unique in the poppy world; the inner petals are not flat but stay upright. This difference has earned it the common name “The Tulip Poppy”

SOLD OUT

Papaver rhoeas ‘Field Poppy’

SOLD OUT

Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum ‘Wild Opium Poppy’

40"(100)cm, Wild Opium Poppy is an annual, fast growing species from the Mediterranean with ornamental large, silvery-glaucous, plain leaves and showy flowers, which are rosy-red to pale pink. Sow directly to the open ground after last freezing in April/May in any well drained soil in full sun.

Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum [ex Gran Canaria, Spain]

300+ seeds - £2.50

Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum [ex Psilo Dendro, Cyprus]

300+ seeds - £2.50

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