Poppy -
The 50 or so annual, biennial or perennial species of the genus Papaver are mainly from the temperate parts of Eurasia and...Read More Africa, with a couple from eastern USA. With their characteristic cupped petals and nodding buds turning skywards upon opening, they are popular bedding flowers. Several of their close relatives take their name in common usage, such as the tree Poppy (Romneya), the Californian poppy (Eschscholzia) or the blue poppy (Meconopsis)
Cultivation:
Poppies are fully frost hardy and prefer little or no shade and deep, moist, well-drained soil. Sow seed in spring or fall; many species self-seed readily.
Origin from ASIAN-NORTH AMERICAN tundra. It makes a rosette of grey-green lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are in a very pale pink, somet...Read Moreimes nearly white and have a bright yellow centre. It prefers to grow on a humus, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady spot.
Poppy -
The 50 or so annual, biennial or perennial species of the genus Papaver are mainly from the temperate parts of Eurasia and...Read More
Origin from ASIAN-NORTH AMERICAN tundra. It makes a rosette of grey-green lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are in a very pale pink, somet...Read More