| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 10a |
| Plant Height: | 4-24 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 8-16 inches |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Orange Pink Red White Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Alpine Gardening |
| Uses: | Provides winter interest Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Provide darkness Needs specific temperature: 75F Days to germinate: 10 Sow in situ Start indoors Other info: Difficult to transplant due to taproot. Can start in summer for blooms the following spring. Self-seeds. |
| Pollinators: | Self Bumblebees Bees Wind |
| Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| dragonfetti | On April 5, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
| dragonfetti | On March 20, 2015 | Seeds sown In BV container |
| dragonfetti | On December 9, 2014 | Obtained plant Received from Seeds Needs for sowing spring 2015. |
| Catmint20906 | On June 20, 2015 | Bloomed |
| KelliW | On March 10, 2019 | Seeds germinated |
| KelliW | On January 2, 2019 | Seeds sown #6 white gold, #7 pink |
| MrsBinWY | On August 4, 2019 | Potted up 1 on 8-4-2019 - rollie pollies got the rest of them |
| MrsBinWY | On January 6, 2019 | Seeds germinated 1; 14 on 1-9-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On December 29, 2018 | Seeds sown 25 seeds from KelliW's 2016G in milk jug @ room temp |
| paleohunter | On April 22, 2023 | Bloomed |
| paleohunter | On January 2, 2023 | Seeds sown |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| ID Question by ShawnSteve | Feb 13, 2019 5:11 PM | 8 |
| Poppy misidentified? by zuzu | May 13, 2020 9:44 AM | 0 |
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