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

“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.

The red corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is an annual flower, meaning the flower grows for only one season, not to return unless replanted. Each flower, however, ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

Iceland poppies (Papaver nudicaule) can be finicky and are difficult to start by seed. I have the most success with corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) like “Double Shirley,” and breadseed poppies ...

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 ...