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Opium poppy "Azurit"
Papaver somniferum L.
Opium poppy "Azurit" - Papaver somniferum.
A variety whose seeds do not spill out of the poppy pod. The seeds are blue. The seeds of this poppy are used in the baking industry, sprinkled on buns, cookies, and used to prepare cakes. In addition, oil is extracted from them.
Agrotechnology.
Poppies do not require special care. It is a light-loving, cold-resistant plant, not demanding on the soil. Seeds are sown in open ground in late April – early May. Seedlings appear on the 7-12th day; they are thinned out, leaving 20-25 cm between plants. The plants do not tolerate transplanting well. Seeds can be sown in several stages, every two weeks, so flowering will last all summer. If faded flowers are removed, flowering can be prolonged. It responds well to the application of mineral and organic fertilizers. This gives the leaves a rich dark green color, the flowers a larger size, and the coloring - brightness.
Grows wild in the Mediterranean. It is an annual herbaceous plant. Stems are slightly branched, erect, bluish-green with a waxy coating, up to 80 cm high. The lower leaves are narrowly or broadly oblong; the stem leaves are — elliptical, the upper ones are — obovate, triangular, bluish-green, often curly. Flowers are solitary on long peduncles, simple or double, 9-12 cm in diameter, white, pink, red, purple, lilac, violet, sometimes with white or dark spots at the base of the petals. Flowers open early in the morning, and by evening the petals fall off. It blooms in June-July for 25-30 days. The fruit is — a spherical capsule. In cultivation since 1597.
Narcotic substances - opium and morphine - are obtained from the seed pods of this type of poppy. Therefore, growing this poppy is now prohibited in many areas.
As an ornamental plant, mainly forms of this species with large, double, very beautiful flowers with a diameter of 6 to 15 cm are used. There are forms with double flowers and dissected petals (var. laciniata) and with entire-edged petals (var. paeoniflorum), whose flowers look like peonies. When sown early in the spring in open ground, the opium poppy blooms in 1.5-2 months.
Usually, the flowering of poppies does not last long, but in those moments when the petals open, they become the rightful masters of the garden: all eyes are drawn to them, it is they who warm and fill the garden with their double flowers, it is simply impossible to ignore this blooming carpet...
A variety whose seeds do not spill out of the poppy pod. The seeds are blue. The seeds of this poppy are used in the baking industry, sprinkled on buns, cookies, and used to prepare cakes. In addition, oil is extracted from them.
Agrotechnology.
Poppies do not require special care. It is a light-loving, cold-resistant plant, not demanding on the soil. Seeds are sown in open ground in late April – early May. Seedlings appear on the 7-12th day; they are thinned out, leaving 20-25 cm between plants. The plants do not tolerate transplanting well. Seeds can be sown in several stages, every two weeks, so flowering will last all summer. If faded flowers are removed, flowering can be prolonged. It responds well to the application of mineral and organic fertilizers. This gives the leaves a rich dark green color, the flowers a larger size, and the coloring - brightness.
Grows wild in the Mediterranean. It is an annual herbaceous plant. Stems are slightly branched, erect, bluish-green with a waxy coating, up to 80 cm high. The lower leaves are narrowly or broadly oblong; the stem leaves are — elliptical, the upper ones are — obovate, triangular, bluish-green, often curly. Flowers are solitary on long peduncles, simple or double, 9-12 cm in diameter, white, pink, red, purple, lilac, violet, sometimes with white or dark spots at the base of the petals. Flowers open early in the morning, and by evening the petals fall off. It blooms in June-July for 25-30 days. The fruit is — a spherical capsule. In cultivation since 1597.
Narcotic substances - opium and morphine - are obtained from the seed pods of this type of poppy. Therefore, growing this poppy is now prohibited in many areas.
As an ornamental plant, mainly forms of this species with large, double, very beautiful flowers with a diameter of 6 to 15 cm are used. There are forms with double flowers and dissected petals (var. laciniata) and with entire-edged petals (var. paeoniflorum), whose flowers look like peonies. When sown early in the spring in open ground, the opium poppy blooms in 1.5-2 months.
Usually, the flowering of poppies does not last long, but in those moments when the petals open, they become the rightful masters of the garden: all eyes are drawn to them, it is they who warm and fill the garden with their double flowers, it is simply impossible to ignore this blooming carpet...
