The indigenous people of California have a long history of using poppies medicinally. It was used to halt lactation by applying mashed seedpods to the breast. It was also used for headaches, stomach aches, tuberculosis, toothaches, and to treat head lice. California Poppies, Eschscholzia californica How to Grow Poppies Planting and Growing Poppies from Seed

It shall be unlawful for any person who is not the holder of a license authorizing him to produce the opium poppy, duly issued to him by the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with the provisions of this Act, to produce the opium poppy, or to permit the production of the opium poppy in or upon any place owned, occupied, used, or controlled by him. Carnation Aster Flower meadow seeds Calendula Gypsophila Geranium Poppy Lobelia Lupine Petunia Salvia Tagetes Violets All flower seeds Position the containers in a sunny spot with at least six or seven hours of sunlight and keep the soil moist until germination. Water gently when the seedlings sprout and thin them out carefully, then water moderately regularly when they are growing, about to bloom and in bloom.While people typically grow Oriental poppies for their magnificent blooms, their feathery foliage is also attractive. The foliage disappears in summer as the plant goesdormant, but a new set of basal leaves emerges in the fall. These leaves will overwinter, affording winter interest in areas that receive only light snowfall. Papaver somniferum L. the opium poppy originated in Sumer, a region in ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq and Kuwait) around 5000 BC ( Aragón-Poce et al., 2002). Much has been written with respect to the opium poppy and many relate not only to the cultivation and harvest of this crop but to the investigations of the chemistry of the plant and its medicinal uses as well as the wars that have been fought over opium ( Duke, 1973; Kapoor, 1995; Bernath, 1999; Miller and Tran, 2000; Aragón-Poce et al., 2002; Askitopoulou et al., 2002; Martinez-Fernández et al., 2002; Schiff, 2002; Bozan and Temelli, 2008; Cordell, 2013; Windle, 2013).

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