Order Poppy Seeds Now Plant Them in November For A Magnificent 2019 Garden There are 4 species of poppy that are well known to gardeners: Papaver orientale, Papaver nudicaule, Papaver rhoeas and Papaver somniferum. Three of these are legal to grow. The fourth, P.somniferum, the Opium Poppy is not legal to grow. However, it is interesting the way the law is written. It is legal to own Opium Poppy seed, but not legal to grow it. A fifth plant, Eschscholzia aurantiaca, commonly known as the California Poppy, is not a true poppy but has a similar looking blossom. P. nudicaule, the Iceland Poppy, and P. orientale known as the Oriental Poppy are perennials. P. rhoeas, known as the Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy, or Shirley Poppy depending on the
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