In England a company existed into the 1980s to manufacture poppies and still had about 180 employees at that time - still staffed by disabled but not necessarily disabled veterans. The practice of selling paper mache poppies for a dime was common in my grade school days. When I relate this story to college kids of today, they show no signs of recognition so the practice seems to have stopped. The field poppy has escaped cultivation in North America but does not appear to survive long term in the South. It is often used as a part of a wildflower mix that is seeded in the fall with blooms appearing in mid spring the following year.
Poppies transplant poorly so it is usually best to plant the seeds where they are intended to grow.
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