Lauren's Cloud Poppy (500+ seeds)

Lauren's Cloud Poppy (500+ seeds)This unique hybrid is an Izmir Lauren's Grape crossed with a Pink Cloud peony poppy. This technically makes it a somniferum paeoniflorum hybrid. Paeoniflorums are a sub species of the somniferum poppy therefore they will cross with somniferums. The goal here was simply to create a high quality, purple peony poppy with a higher yield. When I crossed them, I didn't know what to expect, since they have such different characteristics. I wondered which

oblong-shaped

If germinating Afghan seeds indoors and they're taking more than 10 days to sprout

It needs another back-crossing into the Turkish Blue

When you can get these plants to grow big

this would be it

The flowers are double-petaled like the Pink Cloud but they're not quite as puffy

less dense pods

I didn't know what to expect

to name a few

This gorgeous Izmir Afghan Flag (Afghan Pink x Danish Flag) is a hybrid of our own creation

but the bigger/denser ones are highly susceptible to rot and having the seeds turn black

almost black