Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Pink Red White Bi-Color |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall Fall |
Uses: | Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ |
Pollinators: | Self Beetles Flies Bees |
June brings the end of school, Father's Day and summer. Summer brings hot weather and plants may need extra water. Honey bees will also need extra water to keep the hive cool.
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Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Nov 21, 2011 1:26 AM Quoted from Seedaholic.com website: [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 3, 2012 4:04 PM Valuable source of pollen for honey bees/ [ Reply to this comment | |
dragonfetti | On March 12, 2015 | Seeds sown Planted in Little Girl garden. |
dragonfetti | On January 20, 2015 | Obtained plant From One Stop Poppy Shoppe |
lovesblooms | On May 11, 2015 | Seeds sown direct |
carlysuko | On January 8, 2018 | Seeds sown Direct sowed right before our first real rain |
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Shirley Poppy by PeggyC | Aug 18, 2018 9:01 AM | 7 |
Another mystery plant in my garden by martham92 | May 15, 2018 7:34 AM | 8 |
I was curious about this poppy plant. by Waxxumus | Apr 19, 2018 11:58 AM | 4 |
Wild poppy by fahte | May 9, 2016 3:18 PM | 7 |
Multiple cultivar names for the same plant by bonitin | Jan 19, 2015 9:42 PM | 48 |
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