{"id":1967,"date":"2015-07-25T17:18:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T15:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=1967"},"modified":"2021-03-02T19:27:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:27:56","slug":"opium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?page_id=1967","title":{"rendered":"Opium"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve had opium poppy in my garden for many years. The flowers come in a wide range of colours and this is THE plant I’ve had most requests for seed of over the years!<\/p>\n

I’ve had an opium album on Facebook for some years, adding to it each year. Have a look: \u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephen.barstow.7\/media_set?set=a.10151070063435860.483080.655215859&type=3<\/a><\/p>\n

I grow them as edimentals for the seed which I used on bread etc. in winter. I’ve never eaten the flowers nor the young leaves, both of which are claimed to be edible on this blog:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/rawedibleplants.blogspot.no\/…\/opium-poppy…<\/a>
The leaves of Papaver rhoeas are very popular in the Mediterranean countries..<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a nice post on Emma the Gardeners blog on UK commercially grown opium poppies:
\nhttp:\/\/emmacooper.org\/blog\/a-field-of-dreams<\/a><\/p>\n

These are the varieties I’ve sown in the garden over the years, but they cross and some varieties disappear after a few years.
\n“Racek” ; “Russian Giant”;\u00a0“Black Peony”; “Applegreen”
\n“Hungarian Bread Seed”,\u00a0“Swansdown” \u00a0“Drama Queen”;
\n“Lauren’s Grape”; “Queens”; “Black Cloud”; “Hutterite Bread Seed”; “White”; “Ali’s Pink”; “Flemish Antique”; \u00a0“Przemko”; “Tasmanian”; “White Persian”; “Applegreen”; “Cherry Glowe”; “Danish Flag”; “Double”; \u00a0“Black Beauty”; “Chedglow Variegated”; “Clown Face”; “Danebrog Lace”; “Clown Face”; “Danish Flag”; “Double Red””; “Flemish Antique”; “Pink Peoniflorum”; “Single Lavender”;”Single White”; “White Peoniflorum”; “Almost Black”; “Frosted Salmon”<\/p>\n