Poppy Flowers

More varieties for Poppy

Breadseed poppy

Papaver somniferum is the largest annual poppy, reaching more than 3 feet tall. In summer, it bears flowers in shades of pink, lilac, mauve, red, or white, followed by large seed pods that are good for dried arrangements. Use the dried seeds in baking, too.

Corn poppy

Papaver rhoeas grows up to 3 feet tall and 1 foot wide. In summer, it bears brilliant orange-red flowers, sometimes marked with a black base on the petals. It is also called field poppy, a reference to its tendency to naturalize in open fields.

Iceland poppy

Papaver croceum is a short-lived perennial usually grown as an annual. It features yellow, white, orange, or pink flowers in spring and summer. It grows 1 foot tall and is often also called Papaver nudicaule. Zones 2-8

‘Mother of Pearl’ poppy

Papaver rhoeas ‘Mother of Pearl’ is a variety of corn poppy also sometimes called ‘Fairy Wings’. It produces delicate pink or lilac flowers.

‘Peony Flowered’ poppy

Papaver somniferum ‘Peony Flowered’ is a breadseed poppy variety with large, frilly double flowers in pink, salmon, purple, maroon, or white.

Shirley poppies

Papaver rhoeas Shirley Series are corn poppy selections with single, semidouble, or double blooms in shades of yellow, pink, rose, orange, or red. Many sport bicolor or picotee petals.