Tas botanical Gardens distributing controlled poppies

[waterboy 2.0]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-12-08/illegal-poppy-seeds-royal-tasmanian-botanical-gardens/101744128

 

Made me chuckle 

[Strontium Dawg]

Yeah sent this to a member yesterday. I have no doubt this response in Tas has virtually zero to do with public health concern, and almost everything to do with the fact that they don't want their Norman strain production fields contaminated with rogue papaver pollen.

[fyzygy]

Such a pretty flower.