Beautiful, Emily! But, no, this was not a member of the papaver clan. While nursery-hopping yesterday, I found what looks like the same plant, whose foliage is very much like Iceland Poppy - grenish grey. Did I write down the name on the tag? Um, nope. I'll pick some up next time I'm shopping, and this time, I'll get the tag. Cheers - DtD

I don't know why I torture myself so, but wading back into this mess of half-truths, mis-statements, and outright misinformation go I. Do you folks, jumping on a simple-minded bandwagon of focus on one pesticide type, really not understand that if not neonics, some other, older and even more nasty chemistry will be employed? Look up organophosphates, and tell me you'd rather it was the choice of pest control in plant production. This world is complex, but much of what I see on this and other boards is extreme simple-mindedness when it comes to this and similar issues. Europe, where neonics were banned a few years ago, continues to suffer horrible bee losses, more so than here in N. america. Australia, where neonics have been and continue to be used, has had no dramatic drop in bee and other pollinator numbers. BTW, not directed at the folks just above, who indeed do have a grasp of the situation, my crankiness being more generally aimed at those who have not done their homework in trying to understand such issues. One way or another, large-scale growers of the plants we enjoy will continue to use whatever methodology works to protect their crops. Do we really want to tie their hands, forcing them to go back to items we're much better off without? Organophosphates are general, wide-spectrum nerve poisons. They work on humans too. Why would you want to push the industry back to those things? Neonics, bashed repeatedly by newbies to the whole topic, were developed precisely to help us get away from those earlier, more harmful chemicals. +oM

No, but it's lovely and ornamental. It looks fuzzy in texture - is it?

Sorry, Dara, I didn't have time to read the link I sent you, but the first photo on that page, looked just like yours. I thought it would identify it in the article. You definitely have an Oriental Poppy. I have 'Princess Victoria Louise' that is just getting ready to open up. It's the salmon color with the black interior. Yours looks more pink. You possibly have some seedlings that have not come true to seed. But the pink with the black base, seems to be a named variety. As is the orange red. You might find all the names of oriental cultivars and google then in image mode and see if you can identify it.