Papaver nudicaule 'Summer Breeze Orange'
Icelandic poppy 'Summer Breeze Orange'
A sturdy plant forming a compact mound of grey-green, small neat leaves to 20cm high, 35cm wide. The single flowers, 5-6cm in diameter, are bright orange with a yellow eye, and attractive dark buds. Long-flowering, particularly if deadheaded
Size
Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
Exposure
Botanical details
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Papaver can be annuals, biennials or herbaceous perennials with simple or pinnately divided leaves and short-lived, saucer-shaped, 4-petalled flowers which may be solitary or in racemes
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun
Propagation
Propagate by seed sown in spring
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
Cut back after flowering
Pests
May be susceptible to aphid attack
Diseases
May be susceptible to downy mildews, powdery mildews, fungal wilts and verticillium wilt
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