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PoppyFrom LoveToKnow Garden Poppy ( Papaver somniferum)- USDA Zones-7. It is an annual plant growing upto the height of 2 to 3 feets, few are perennials and biennials also. Widely found in Europe and Asia and sometimes in Britain.
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PoppyRelated Category: Plants common name for some members of the Papaveraceae, a family composed chiefly of herbs of the Northern Hemisphere having a characteristic milky or colored sap.
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Poppy MallowAn outstanding and very attractive plant with low growing, deeply dissected dark green foliage that gives rise to an explosion of electric purple, single, upright flowers from July to early September. This plant behaves like an ivy.
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Poppy Mallows belong to a small North American genus with some 9 species native of open spots in woods, meadows and prairies.
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Poppy seeds and oil are popular for baking and cooking. If you have excess seed, you can put them in your backyard bird feeder. In the world of medicine, and drugs, some Poppies are a narcotic. It is used to make Codeine, Morphine, and Opium.
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The poppy has been associated with war since at least the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 when Duke Wellington of England and the Prussian General Blucher decisively defeated Napoleon on this battlefield in modern day Belgium.
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Corn Poppy ( Papaver Rhoeas LINN.) Click on graphic for larger image Poppy, Red ...
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Comments: Field Poppy cultivars provide a variety of
flower colors and forms. These can be used as cut flowers
but the cut end needs to be seared after cutting.
Provide a well-drained soil and exposure to full sun for
best growth.
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Papaver( Fireball Poppy ) 'Fireball' is an upright, densely hairy perennial, spreading by runners. Produces solitary, semi-double to double, orange-scarlet flowers, to 1 1/2 inches across, with narrow petals, from late spring to midsummer.
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Wine Cups, Purple Poppy MallowDescription Callirhoe involucrata is a low growing perennial with turnip or carrot-like taproots, thus making this plant more drought tolerant.
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The 4- to 6-inch-wide blooms of 'Flamenco Dancer' poppy stand out in late spring and early summer with their true red color and fanciful fringes. It is a sport of the popular 'Turkenlouis'.
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More articles from AllRefer Reference on California poppySITE MAPS Encyclopedia ...
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PoppyPapaver spp. MEDICINAL: Poppy is used for pain, insomnia, nervousness, and chronic coughs.
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Poppy. Some full double poppies grow in some good sheltered gardens. Photo by the author exclusively for Bermuda Online. Pourouma cecropiifolia. Amazon Grape.
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( poppy family) TOXICITY RATING: Low. The plant is unpalatable and is not eaten when better forages are available. Also, larger quantities need to be consumed to show clinical signs, and only rarely is consumption of Dicentra lethal.
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The poppy cultivated in Asia Minor is the variety glabrum, distinguished by the sub-globular shape of the capsule and by the stigmata or rays at the top of the fruit being ten or twelve in number.
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Sea PoppyGlaucium flavum Native to the Mediterranean region, its ground-hugging leaves looked surprisingly healthy for January in Seattle.
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Red Poppy is a native of Eurasia but is now naturalized in many areas of North America. It has many color varieties but the wild form is pure bright red.
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Englisch Poppy, Opium poppy, Garden poppyEsperantoPapavo, Papavosemo EstnischMagun, Unimagun, Moon Farsi خشخاش Khash-khash, Shagheyegh ...
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Oriental PoppyOriental poppies add old-fashioned charm to gardens. These plants usually are easy to grow, but they prefer sunny areas and soil that's well drained. The plants are hardy, and do well in mountain gardens at high elevations.
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ISLAND BUSH POPPY
Dendromecon harfordii
General Notes
Long blooming. Has Fragrant Flower. SelecTree lists no cultivars of harfordii.
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Description: Poppy Anemone, a Spring-flowering bulb with vibrant floral colors, has a whorl of cutleaf foliage around the upper portion of the scape. This is a true Anemone that masquerades as a Poppy ( Papaver) look-alike.
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Opium poppy has been cultivated for its medicinal uses for more than 6,000 years. This is a very fast growing flower that will thrive in almost any moderately well drained soil.
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How to Collect Poppy Seeds
When the seed heads have dried on the plant carefully clip the entire seed head from the stem. Break open the seed head over a sheet or large piece of paper, remove, and discard all but the seeds themselves.
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Papaver Rhoeas Corn PoppyRed PoppyNative: No Annual Habitat: Full sun or partial shade; prefers light, moderately dry soil. Surface sow, mixing seeds with sand to aid in distribution. Attracts Butterflies.
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Opium poppy - see Papaver somniferum Opuntia microdasys (Bunny ears cactus) - skin irritant Ornithogalum (Chincherinchee, Star-of-Bethlehem) - somewhat Poisonous; skin irritant Pagoda tree - see Sophora Papaver somniferum ( Opium poppy) - poisonous ...
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John's Wort, Wayfaring Tree, Weld, Welsh Mudwort, Welsh Poppy, Welsh Star of Bethlehem, Welted Thistle, Western Clover, Western Gorse, White Beak- sedge, White Bryony, White Butterbur, White Campion, White Clover, White Dead- nettle, White Frog Orchid, ...
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The Himalayan Blue Poppy is probably the most frequently grown species. Spectacular, saucer shaped, bright blue flowers with golden centres in early summer above rosettes of toothed, hairy, bluish green leaves.
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Description: Chelidonium is a member of the poppy family. A perennial, it has erect slender branching stems up to 60cm tall.
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Romneya coulteri. MATILIJA POPPY. California PAPAVERACEAE Subshrub or shrub, north side Green Library, east wing. Illustrations: gallery 10/22/04 ...
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The toasted or untoasted seeds are sprinkled on bread, cakes, cookies and crackers much as poppy seeds are. Sometimes they are used to flavor tempeh (fermented soybeans).
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Perennials M - Z Macleaya cordata ( Plume Poppy)Full sun or partial shade. Giant background plant with large, blue- green leaves, topped by cream-coloured, airy plumes. (2m - 6') Blooms July and August. Full sun/part shade. Can be aggressive.
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Mexican tulip poppy, golden cup Hunnemannia fumariifolia milk thistle Silybum marianum milk-flower cotoneaster Cotoneaster lacteus miniature beefsteak plant Mosla dianthera molasses grass Melinis minutiflora ...
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 See also: May, Green, Pink, Rose, Aster
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