common poppy
Also known as: African rose; blind-eyes; blue-eyes; cheese couls; cheese cowl; cock rose; cop rose; coppper rose; corn poppy; field poppy; Flanders poppy; headaches; prophetic leaf; red cornflower; red poppy; redweed; Shirley poppy; wind rose; canker; canker rose; corn rose; cornflower; headache plant; thunder flower
An erect annual about 75-90cm tall, with oblong, downy light green leaves to 15cm long, and solitary, bright scarlet, bowl-shaped flowers, sometimes marked black at the petal bases, produced in summer, on short downy stalks
Scientific classification
- Species
- common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
- Genus
- Papaver
- Family
- Papaveraceae
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- Toxicity
- Annual Biennial
- Plant type
- 0.5-1 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of common poppy
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of common poppy
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common poppy care guide
- Light regular watering seedling growth, dry dormancy soil
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Light regular watering seedling growth, dry dormancy soil
Fertilizing
FertilizingSingle mild balanced feed applied early spring germination
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed
Growing
GrowingGrow in any well-drained fertile soil in full sun
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to downy mildews, powdery mildews, fungal wilts and verticillium wilt
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids
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