General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root
Division
Pollinators: Self
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Oriental Poppy
  • Poppy

Photo Gallery
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2013-06-06
Papaver orientale 'Raspberry Queen' - Not fully open at the time,
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Date: 2014-05-17
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008-06-10
 7:21 pm. A long time favourite.
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2009-06-08
 6:04 pm. Thanks to Lamb's Nursery in Spokane, WA for this Beauty
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2013-06-06
Papaver orientale 'Raspberry Queen' - Blooms weren't fully open o
Location: Sherwood Oregon
Date: 6-15
Location: Sherwood Oregon
Date: 6-15
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-05-30
  5:56 pm. Such perfect buds, packed with all that colour!
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008 06-15
 5:44 pm. A gentle beauty when it fades.
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2008-06-10
 7:20 pm. Described by Lamb's Nursery as Watermelon Pink.
Location: Robson BC
Date: 2009-06-06
 7:47 pm. I love the flaring and flaunting opening stage!
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date: June 2015
5"-6" blooms, paler than usual that year

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