
Oriental Poppy
- Botanical Name
- Papaver orientale
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Width
- 2 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: orange-red, white, red, pink
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 2 feet apart
- Divide only if needed
- Remove the faded foliage in summer as it declines after flowering
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Beauty of Livermore - scarlet red, 40 inches
- Watermelon - pink flowers
- China Boy - orange flowers with white bases
- Pizzicato - mix of scarlet, orange, salmon, mauve, pink and white blooms
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