Iceland poppy, Arctic Poppy 'Champagne Bubbles' (Papaver nudicaule)

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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Oct 01, 2008

Iceland poppy, Arctic Poppy 'Champagne Bubbles'
Papaver nudicaule

To show the foliage of 'Champagne Bubbles,' putting up a second flush in late September.

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CLScott Calgary, Canada Sep 01, 2009

This is a question about Champagne Bubbles Artic Poppy.
Most Iceland poppy packages say to allow for light when seeding. i/e. light aids germination. The data bases also suggest that light is helpful.

The package of Champagne Bubbles which I recently purchased from the Stokes seed
people says that this cultivar requires dark.

Champagne Bubbles is said to be a hybrid. What is it a hybrid of?

Naudicale and Oriental?

I am just curious as to why it is different?

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altagardener Calgary, AB(Zone 3b) Sep 01, 2009

Christopher Grey-Wilson in Poppies: The Poppy Family in the Wild and in Cultivation doesn't consider it to be a hybrid; it's just a seed strain in a rather variable species.
Deno doesn't note any sensitivity to light or dark in germination of P. nudicaule.

There's a great deal of misinformation out there.

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CLScott Calgary, Canada Sep 02, 2009

Ahh ---I should get that book. It keeps popping up.
Thanks for your supportive reply.
I'll treat these just like the rest.

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art_n_garden Colorado Springs, CO(Zone 6a) Sep 03, 2009

Glad you could answer alta, because I surely don't know!

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