The range of life forms of these brightly flowering favorites rural front gardens and rock gardens and includes fast-growing annuals, perennials and powerful. Most poppies prefer sun and well-drained soil. They are great for informal gardens in a natural style, and fill the voids in the grassy mixborders.
Flowers, usually with four petals (sometimes more), very varied in color: white, yellow, pink, mauve, purple, orange, red, almost black. -Korobochka the fruit with numerous seeds spherical or egg-shaped with holes around the top. Boxes not particularly decorative -Is that Papaver somniferum (Mack hypnotic) dried fruits are used in floral compositions. In most species, in case of damage with an orange or yellowish milky juice (latex), which may irritate the skin.
Recommended species and varieties
Alpinum hort. (M. Alpine)
White, yellow, orange, and orange-pink brush diameter and 4 cm bloom from late spring to mid-summer (if immediately remove fading). This graceful forming small dense rosette evergreen perennial short-lived. It is often grown as an annual, and it is easily propagated by self-seeding. The leaves are gray or gray-green, tonkoperisto-dissected. small boxes, barrel-shaped, bristly. The height and diameter of the plant - 20x20 cm.
Alba (syn. f. album)
In the variety flowers are white with a mass of yellow stamens.
Summer Breeze
An example of the first generation hybrids (F1) with a magnificent set of rising above the thick gray foliage flowers in different shades of red, orange, yellow and white.
Atlanticum (M. Atlantic, M. Moroccan)
Dull orange flowers patelliform diameter of about 6 cm bloom hard branched stems from late spring until late summer. Glubokorassechennye rough leaves of this evergreen perennial is mainly collected in the rosette. Capsule clavate, smooth. In the gardens of species breeds self-seeding. The height and diameter of the plant - 50x50 cm.
flore Pleno
In grade semi-double flowers.
Double Orange
Flowers from semi-double or double coloration from red to brick-tangerine.
P. bracteatum
In mid-summer annual weed that forms a bright-red flowers with a diameter of 6-9 cm with a large black spot in the center of each petal. The leaves are fleshy, bristly, glubokorassechennye.
Neldreichii
Small flame-orange flowers bloom diameter of 5 cm at the end of spring - early summer. Rhizome, growing clumps of herbaceous perennial with lanceolate leaves unequally. The height and diameter of the plant - 50x50 cm. This species is quite rare in the gardens, which is mainly represented by grade «Fireball» (syn. «Nanum», P. orientale «Flore Pleno») height of only 30 cm with double orange flowers.
P. miyabeanum (M. Miyabi)
Creamy yellow flowers diameters up to 4 cm bloom bristly stems from late spring until late summer. Cute small short-lived evergreen perennial with rosettes of grayish leaves glubokorassechennyh rough and bristly globular boxes. Easily propagated by self-seeding. The height and diameter of plants -45h45 cm.
P. nudicaule (M. golostebelny, M. Icelandic)
Cupped bright yellow, orange or red flowers bloom diameter of 4-6 cm in late spring - early summer (during autumn sowing) or in mid-late summer (for spring). Annual or short-lived perennial with a basal rosette of yellowish or grayish-green leaves glubokorassechennyh. Capsule clavate, oblong, bristly. The height and diameter of the plant 45x45 cm. Grades mainly large-, with a diameter of 12.5 cm to the corolla.
aurora Borealis
Coloring grade varies from white to yellow, orange, salmon pink and red.
Champagne Bubbles
Maki groups in height and 40 cm with flowers of various shades of red-yellow range.
Garden Gnome (Gartenzwerg)
The group includes dwarf varieties up to 30 cm with a more diverse flowers - white, yellow, orange, orange-pink, red.
Kelmscott Giant
In poppies grade height of about 80 cm and flowers in pastel shades.
Oregon Rainbows
Flowers nemahronye or semi-double, with a diameter of 18 cm and various shades of white, yellow and red, including two-color and bordered with a darker or lighter edge.
san Remo
Variety forms nemahrovye, mostly yellow, orange or red halos.
Unwins Giant Coonara
Plants height and 50 cm from the flowers of the same color.
Wonderland
Dwarf poppy with the finishes of a wide range of colors.
P. orientale (M. Oriental)
Flowers saturated red, diameter 10-15 cm, usually with violet-black spot at the bottom of each of the petals 4-6. It blooms from early to mid summer. These sturdy herbaceous perennials bristling form large bushes with dark green or lanceolate leaves glubokorassechennymi a length of 30 cm. It spreads mostly underground tables. Boxes are spherical, smooth.
When planting is necessary to consider that after flowering the leaves tend to die off, and the regrowth rosettes begins in August.
The height and diameter of the plant - 90h70 cm.
For the following varieties are characterized by the height of 60-75 cm (unless specified otherwise).
Allegro
Petals bright red with a catchy black spot at the base.
Beauty of Livermere
Maki 1.2 m in height with scarlet corollas and large black spot at the base of each petal.
Black and White
In the variety petals are white with a black spot.
Blue Moon
In plants, the height of 1 m varieties, and flowers with a diameter of 25 cm, pink-purple with a black spot at the base of petals and a dark purple veins on their outer side.
Cedric's Pink (syn. «Cedric Morris«)
At a height of 1 m Poppy petals pale pink with black spot.
Curlilocks
Orange-red with black spots and fringed edges are cut-buds.
Doubloon
Plants cv 1 m tall, with an orange-red double flowers without spots.
indian Chief
There are poppies too, without spots, but reddish-brown.
Ladybird
In the variety shoots a height of 60 cm, and crimson flowers with a black spot at the base of the petals.
marcus Perry
Powerful plant with orange-scarlet corollas with no spots.
Mrs. Perry
In the variety intensely pink and orange flowers with a dark spot at the base of the petals.
Perry's White
In the variety height of 1 m white flowers with a dark center and a mass of purple-black stamens.
Picotee
In the variety white fringed petals with bright orange edge.
Prinzessin Victoria Louise
Petals pinkish-orange with a black spot at the base.
Salmon Glow
Plants cv 1m height with terry pinkish-orange flowers.
Scarlet King
Flowers grade terry, blood red, on stalks in height and 1 m.
Tiirkenlous
We poppy up to 1 meter deep red petals with a black spot at the base and finely incised edges.
P. rhoeas (M. rhoeas)
Blooming in the early to mid-summer flowers of annuals rich-red, sometimes pale red, pink or white with a diameter of 9 cm, overlapping with broad rounded lobes, which may have black base spot. Leaves pinnatisect, narrow toothed segments. Boxes are spherical, smooth. The height and diameter of the plant - 60x30 cm.
Mother of Reag
In the variety nemahrovye flowers of pastel pink, silver and white or just white.
Shirly
Gardening nemahrovaya also form, with flowers in different shades of red, pink, mauve and white, as well as with dual-color and bordered petals (region darker or lighter general tone). There is Terry Double Shirley.
P. rupifragum (M. skalolomny)
Herbaceous perennial with gray-green, more or less smooth, glubokorassechennymi leaves. Brick-red flowers in diameter to 4.5 cm to bloom branched leafy stems in the late spring or summer. The height and diameter of the plant - 50x50 cm.
flore Pleno
In grade semi-double flowers.
P. somniferum (M. hypnotic, M. opium)
Meaty eutherophyte line with cupped flowers dnametrom to 12.5 cm. Petals white, pink or purple, usually with a black spot at the base. It flowers in mid-summer. Large spherical smooth gray-green boxes are widely used in dry floral compositions.
Remember that in Russia the cultivation of this species is strictly poppy reglamenitrovano legislation.
This species is better not to cultivate poppy. The height and diameter of the plant - 1h0,3 m.
Many varieties of terry are Peony- group, named for the value, pomp and color of the flower. Terry poppies with fringed flowers combined in the cut-lepestnuyu group. It can be called, among other varieties:
«Hen and Chickens»
Nemahrovymi variety with pink flowers and large boxes surrounded by many smaller boxes.
Pink Chiffon
Variety with pale pink flowers.
White Cloud
The flowers are larger, double, white, like a torn petals.
P. spicatum (syn. P. heldrekhii) (M. spiked, M. Heldrayha)
Powerful herbaceous perennial. From the beginning to the middle of the summer on the hard stems, rising from the basal rosette of gray-green leaves, flowers bloom spike group with flattened pale brick-red corollas to 4.5 cm across. The height and diameter of the plant - 70x40 cm.
cultivation
Plant on a sunny, well-drained ground, although P. atlantkum and P. rupifragrum transferred partial shading. Annuals sow sparsely on a constant and secure at the time of flowering support.
Transplant they suffer badly, with the exception of P. nudicaule.
Perennials planted in spring. Large plants fed bone meal or mulch good humus manure. Caught on species other than P. lateritium and P. orientale, does not like to be disturbed.
reproduction
The seeds of perennial sown before winter or spring in pots in an unheated greenhouse. In deflorate P. orientate divide the bush, or cut the root cuttings in mid to late summer.
Pests and diseases
Seedlings may suffer from snails and slugs and plant buds - from aphids. P. miyabeanum and P. spicatum affected root Mr
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