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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
Correct
- Plant range
- Mountains of Europe
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in well-drained, deep, fertile soil in full sun
Propagation
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids
Diseases
May be susceptible to downy mildews, powdery mildews, fungal wilts and verticillium wilt
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