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Opium poppy "Cherry Glow"
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Opium poppy "Cherry Glow" — Papaver somniferum.
This variety, a giant version of the charming field poppy, offers magnificent silky flowers of a deep cherry-red color with striking black spots at the base of the petals. The bright blooming is accentuated by exquisite blue-green foliage.
Plant height: from 60 to 80 cm
Agrotechnology.
Poppies do not require special care. It is a light-loving, cold-resistant plant, undemanding to 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, then flowering will continue 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 color a vibrant brightness.
This variety, a giant version of the charming field poppy, offers magnificent silky flowers of a deep cherry-red color with striking black spots at the base of the petals. The bright blooming is accentuated by exquisite blue-green foliage.
Plant height: from 60 to 80 cm
Agrotechnology.
Poppies do not require special care. It is a light-loving, cold-resistant plant, undemanding to 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, then flowering will continue 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 color a vibrant brightness.
Opium poppy — Рapaver somniferum.
Grows wild in the Mediterranean. It is an annual, herbaceous plant. The stems are slightly branched, erect, blue-green with a waxy bloom, up to 100 cm high. The lower leaves are narrowly or broadly oblong; the stem leaves are elliptical, the upper ones are obovate, triangular, blue-green, often curled. The flowers are solitary on long peduncles, simple or double, 9-10 cm in diameter, white, pink, red, purple, lilac, mauve, sometimes with white or dark spots at the base of the petals. The 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.
The seeds of this poppy are used in the baking industry to sprinkle on buns, cookies, and to make pastries. In addition, oil is extracted from them. Narcotic substances — opium and morphine — are obtained from the seed pods of this 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 from 6 to 15 cm in diameter are used. There are forms with double flowers and dissected petals (var. laciniata) and with entire petals (var. paeoniflorum), whose flowers resemble peonies. When sown early in the spring in open ground, the opium poppy blooms in 1.5-2 months. Seeds can be sown in several stages, every two weeks, then flowering will last all summer.
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 that warm and fill the garden with their double flowers, it is simply impossible to ignore this blooming carpet.
