Corn Poppies --Papaver rhoeas,
These volunteer all over my lot. In early spring I transplant some of the poppies to places I want them, but the most magnificent ones are those that are allowed to grow where they want to grow.
| Corn Poppies in Bed of Chamomile, 2003 | Corn Poppies in row along fence, May 2006 |
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Most of my corn poppies range from dark red to orange-red, but every once and a while I get a pink one.
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Red Corn Poppy |
Pink Corn Poppy |
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Papaver somniferum var. paeoniflorum
These are not well adapted to the heat we get here in coastal North Carolina, but I grow a few just to see their very impressive flowers before the heat knocks them back.
Iceland Poppies -- Don't do well here. In the background chives are blooming.
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