[Mark E Smith]

Driving through Dorset yesterday, towards Bridport, I spotted a couple of fields planted out with a pink/lilac crop. From the car it looked a bit like tulips - anyone know what it is?

[Brambles]

We have lavender farms here that have lilac (well lavender) haze all over the fields. Very beautiful.

[DD.]

Returning from Bournemouth last week, I noticed similar, but they were poppies.

I remarked at the time to Mrs. DD. as they were not the usual red ones you get that spontaneously appear, but purple & appeared cultivated.

Hopefully not been grown for opium, but I suppose someone has to grow them for the seed on poppyseed loaves!

Welcome to the forums BTW, Mark.

[richyrich7]

No idea ! but welcome to the forums  

[Mark E Smith]

Answering my own question here....Just been to the barbers for a clip, and in his Daily Mail is an article about Opium Poppies being grown in Hampshire, Hertfordshire etc for the pharmaceutical industry. Those are what I saw.

[DD.]

Got it half right, then!

[Porffor]

hmmm thinking security for fields needed soon.. especially if they've put it in the papers! lol