Yes.. they are what you think.. Poppy from the family Papaveraceae.
Accomplished-Rub3522
Yep yummy poppy
Bigt733
Fun facts about drugs. While alcohol helped to found civilization, opium is thought to be the first drug discovered by civilization. Ancient Mesopotamian doctors would bake the stuff into breads or pastries and prescribe them to their patients.
When the British colonized India and Pakistan they were in deep trade debt to China, because of tea. To counter balance the deficit they forced farmers to grow poppies so that the Brits could sell opium to the Chinese. When the Chinese eventually got sick of the illegal drug smuggling they dumped all of it into the harbor. This launched the first Opium War and the century of humiliation in China. The effects of all of this are still being felt in today’s geopolitics.
They do grow everywhere in Afghanistan. When my husband was over there, they were forbidden to mess with them for fear of destroying the local economies.
trussmegirl
So pretty 🌺
aes7288
If you think they are poppies, then yes. Used to grow them with I lived in the Midwest. Lots of people grow them for their beauty.
EngineeringCommon113
That’s some heroweeeen plants mate
Big_Sky_6156
Poppies, yes
ReunionFeelsSoGood
What’s the big deal? They grow great here. Please don’t tell me you see every salvia plant and assume someones cooking something… Every marigold… every blah blah blah…
Edit: sorry i meant morning glory’s not marigolds. Would you believe me if I once saw a bag of morning glory seeds at a party?
Kammy44
Isn’t it the same plant as bread poppies? I know my MIL used to plant them to make poppyseed roll.
stosbarrando1
Poppies poppies poppies
Abquine
They grow all over my garden in Scotland too. They are a popular garden plant with many varieties.
Royal_Strength_7187
Beautiful flowers! Those pods will have lots of seeds in them in a few weeks
Emily_Porn_6969
Poppy
Meet8567
Not such a big deal, bro.
MoldyWorp
Yes.
OkBee3439
I have these poppies in my garden and for years they just keep reseeding themselves and blooming every summer! I have the Laurens grape and heirloom pepperbox varieties.
Ageofaquarius68
I mean I have plenty of nightshade growing in my yard if that’s your thing. But I do love my poppies!
DepthRepulsive6420
Cut the side of the unflowered bud.. milk like substance should ooze out… then eat it and find out idk im not an opium expert ive seen it done by afghanis in videos lol
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Yes, they’re poppies ! 🦋🦋🦋
Yes.. they are what you think.. Poppy from the family Papaveraceae.
Yep yummy poppy
Fun facts about drugs. While alcohol helped to found civilization, opium is thought to be the first drug discovered by civilization. Ancient Mesopotamian doctors would bake the stuff into breads or pastries and prescribe them to their patients.
When the British colonized India and Pakistan they were in deep trade debt to China, because of tea. To counter balance the deficit they forced farmers to grow poppies so that the Brits could sell opium to the Chinese. When the Chinese eventually got sick of the illegal drug smuggling they dumped all of it into the harbor. This launched the first Opium War and the century of humiliation in China. The effects of all of this are still being felt in today’s geopolitics.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7297242/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Opium_War?wprov=sfti1
Poppy
Seed/bread poppies
Oriental poppies
Opium poppies
They do grow everywhere in Afghanistan. When my husband was over there, they were forbidden to mess with them for fear of destroying the local economies.
So pretty 🌺
If you think they are poppies, then yes. Used to grow them with I lived in the Midwest. Lots of people grow them for their beauty.
That’s some heroweeeen plants mate
Poppies, yes
What’s the big deal? They grow great here. Please don’t tell me you see every salvia plant and assume someones cooking something… Every marigold… every blah blah blah…
Edit: sorry i meant morning glory’s not marigolds. Would you believe me if I once saw a bag of morning glory seeds at a party?
Isn’t it the same plant as bread poppies? I know my MIL used to plant them to make poppyseed roll.
Poppies poppies poppies
They grow all over my garden in Scotland too. They are a popular garden plant with many varieties.
Beautiful flowers! Those pods will have lots of seeds in them in a few weeks
Poppy
Not such a big deal, bro.
Yes.
I have these poppies in my garden and for years they just keep reseeding themselves and blooming every summer! I have the Laurens grape and heirloom pepperbox varieties.
I mean I have plenty of nightshade growing in my yard if that’s your thing. But I do love my poppies!
Cut the side of the unflowered bud.. milk like substance should ooze out… then eat it and find out idk im not an opium expert ive seen it done by afghanis in videos lol
Yes. Beautiful too
Slash the seed pods and see