Corn poppy "Fiore Semplice Rosso"

Field poppy "Fiore Semplice Rosso" - Papaver rhoeas.
For elegant "sunny gardens".
Herbaceous erect annual 60 cm high. Belongs to the poppy family. The leaves are pinnately lobed with entire or toothed lobes. The entire plant is covered with coarse hairs. The flowers are bright red, 5-7 cm in diameter. Blooms profusely from June to autumn. Prefers open sunny areas, grows in any garden soil. Fertilization stimulates active flowering and an increase in flower size.
Poppies do not tolerate thickening and stagnant water at all.
Propagated by seeds, well renewed by self-sowing. Sow in the spring at the earliest possible time or before winter, after mixing the seeds with sand in a ratio of 1:10. Seedlings appear on the 7-12th day, they are thinned out, leaving 15-20 cm between plants. They bloom 50-55 days after sowing. To prolong the flowering period, re-sowing is carried out after 20-30 days. Grown in mixborders, groups, bright flower beds, landscape gardens. It stands well in cutting, cut plants are immediately immersed cut in hot water.

Corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, coquelicot.