Common Poppy
Common Name: Common Poppy
Latin Name: Papaver rhoeas
Ultimate Height: 50cm - 1 metre
Flower Colour: Deep Red
Type: Annual
Soil: Loam, Chalk, Clay, Alkaline, Neutral PH
Flowering times: June-September
History, uses and notes:
Iconic and emotive, the poppy is the most recognisable of all our wildflowers.
The Poppy's resilience allowed it to grow amongst the devastation of the WW1 battlefields and inspired Lt Col John McCrae, a Canadian Doctor mourning the loss of his friend to write the powerful poem βIn Flanders Fields'.
As an annual in your garden, the poppy will flower within the first year, depending on when it's sown. To help it self-seed allow the poppies to die back naturally.
It is a great help to #bringbackthebees
Description:
With their big, saucer-shaped, scarlet blooms, Common poppies are one of the most familiar of all our wild flowers. The stems are long and thin, covered with fine hair as seen below.