Growing Poppies for Decorative Seed Pods, Spice, and Beauty We grew the Giant Poppy Pods for the pods, not the short lived blooms. Fresh & green they are beautiful in bouquets., Seed is in my shop., #gardenersworkshopfarm Opium poppy Plant, Description, Drugs, & Seeds Britannica Rain is coming so its time to harvest the ripe poppy seeds. Once the poppy pods have dried and the interior seeds matured to a rich brown or black, I clip the tops from the pods and pour out the