So gorgeous! And more to come ... :-)

They are beautiful!

I love my peony poppies! But mine don't have an eye in the middle like yours do. Hmmmmm.

Hello again, well time has passed and now all I have is seed pods. Looking for info on how best to harvest the seeds from these poppies. I would like to remove the stalks as they have seen better days but am willing to do whatever to get the best results.

Junegreen, if the pods are brown, look at the top just under a little "cap" and see if small holes have opened up. The pods will basically act like a little salt shaker. If you aren't sure if the holes are there, cut off a pod and shake it over your open palm and see if the seeds come out. Mostly, if the pods are dry brown, the holes should be open by now. I walk around, cutting off the pods one at a time and put them in a large jar. Once I cut off the pods, I pull up the stalks. Don't pull up the stalks before you cut off the pods, because you'll lose a lot of the seeds with the shaking.

Once I get them all in a large jar or other container , sometimes I will just take the pods one at a time and shake all the seeds out. But I still will keep the pods in a container afterward..... because.... even when I think ALL of the seeds have come out....they haven't! You wouldn't believe all the seeds that come out even after I think I've shaken them all out! So, I give it a few more weeks and do it all over again.

Did you get lots of seeds? I have a bunch of red single poppy seeds. Castro Gardener is right, even when you think you shook them all out, there are still lots of seeds stuck inside.