Plant Details:
Scientific Name: Papaver orientale
Common Name: Oriental Poppy
Hardiness Degree: -40°F (-40.0°C)
Blooming Season: Late Spring, Summer
Plant Habit: Mounded, Spreading
Characteristics: Heat Tolerant
Fertilize: None or when needed only
Spacing: 6 - 9" (15 - 23cm)
Height: 18 - 24" (46 - 61cm)
Width: 24" (61cm)
Exposure: Sun
General Information: Vibrant flowers; fantastic in the garden or bouquets. Attractive with veronica and campanula, and later-blooming plants such as coreopsis, rudbeckia or Russian sage–to fill in when the poppy foliage goes dormant in summer.
Grower Information:
Dwarf variety has scarlet flowers and lobed, sharply toothed foliage.