If ever there was a flower that symbolises the fleeting, bittersweet beauty of the garden in summer, then it’s surely the ...

IN many crosses plant-breeders are confronted with one or more of the following problems : (1) the pollen grains may fail to germinate on a foreign stigma ; (2) if they germinate, the pollen tubes ...

Archaeophytes (species introduced to the UK before 1500 CE): Anthemis arvensis, Centaurea cyanus, Echium plantagineum, Glebionis segetum, Papaver rhoeas, Sinapis arvensis, Tripleurospermum inordorum.

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“Shirley” refers to any named cultivar of Papaver rhoeas. Some cultivars are quite colorful and have flowers likened in texture to tissue paper. They are easy to grow from seed.

Usually the lowly Papaver rhoeas (the red poppy) doesn’t make the news as much as its narcotic cousin Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), but once a year — and especially this year, the centennial ...

The corn or Flanders Field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) ... (Papaver somniferum). Be advised that any poppy species, if overly consumed, will produce narcotic, if not toxic, effects.

Among annual poppies, the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, is perhaps the most iconic. Also known as the field or Flanders poppy, it has become a powerful symbol of remembrance for those lost in war.

Among annual poppies, the corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, is perhaps the most iconic. Also known as the field or Flanders poppy, it has become a powerful symbol of remembrance for those lost in war.

The seeds of common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) only germinate when the soil in which they live is disturbed.Intense fighting during World War I decimated Europe’s physical environment, causing ...

George Harrison Shull, The Primary Color-Factors of Lychnis and Color-Inhibitors of Papaver Rhoeas, Botanical Gazette, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Aug., 1912), pp. 120-135 ...