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The Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) is a perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 poppy
Poppy

A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically withone per Plant stem, belonging to the Papaveraceae. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens....
 of the genus Papaver
Papaver

Papaver is a genus of poppy, belonging to the Poppy family .Its 120-odd species include the opium poppy and corn poppy. These are Annual plant, biennial and Perennial plant hardy, frost-tolerant plants growing natively in the temperate climates of Eurasia, Africa and North America ....
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Aside from its natural brilliant orange-scarlet, since the later 19th century selective breeding for gardens has created a range of colors from clean white with eggplant-black blotches ("Barr's White" is the standard against which other whites are measured), through clear true pinks and salmon pinks to a deep maroon.

Oriental poppies throw up a mound of handsome, finely cut hairy foliage in spring.






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The Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) is a perennial
Perennial plant

A perennial plant or perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. When used by gardeners or horticulturalists, this term applies specifically to perennial herbaceous plants....
 poppy
Poppy

A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically withone per Plant stem, belonging to the Papaveraceae. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups; many species are also grown in gardens....
 of the genus Papaver
Papaver

Papaver is a genus of poppy, belonging to the Poppy family .Its 120-odd species include the opium poppy and corn poppy. These are Annual plant, biennial and Perennial plant hardy, frost-tolerant plants growing natively in the temperate climates of Eurasia, Africa and North America ....
.

Aside from its natural brilliant orange-scarlet, since the later 19th century selective breeding for gardens has created a range of colors from clean white with eggplant-black blotches ("Barr's White" is the standard against which other whites are measured), through clear true pinks and salmon pinks to a deep maroon.

Oriental poppies throw up a mound of handsome, finely cut hairy foliage in spring. After flowering the foliage dies away entirely, a property that allows their survival in the summer drought of Central Asia
Central Asia

Central Asia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south....
. Late-developing plants should be planted nearby to fill the developing gap. Fresh leaves appear with autumn rains.

Gardening

Sow seeds after potential of frost when soil has thoroughly warmed. The average temperature should be approximately 70 °F (21 °C
Celsius

Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death....
) for planting. Oriental Poppies do not handle transplanting well. Germination period is 10-20 days. Be careful not to over-water. In the late summer, the oriental poppy becomes dormant. Protect the plant in the winter with mulching. The flower originated in Asia with a hardiness zone of 3-8 average. It usually thrives in light calcarous soil and in full sun or part shade.

Cut the stem of the flower off if you want a second flower, unless you want to keep the seeds.