Papaver rhoeas 'Bridal White'
(Corn Poppy 'Bridal White')
Family - Papaveraceae
Category - Annual
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - 60cm or more
Width - 30cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: An annual poppy with an upright, bushy habit. Mid-green leaves are oblong in shape with pinnatisect to pinnatifid lobing. Bowl-shaped poppy flowers are pure white with four broad, overlapping petals and a central crown of yellow stamens. The flowers are held singly atop upright stems and are produced through the summer. The flowers are attractive to pollinating insects and are followed by small, green, 'pepper-pot' seed Capsules.
Additional common name - Field Poppy 'Bridal White'
Flower:
Single flowers are initially cup and saucer-shaped and become bowl-shaped once fully open. The flowers are pure white with four broad, overlapping petals. At the centre of each bloom is a flattened, disc-like stigma surrounded by a ring of yellow stamens. The flowers are held singly atop upright stems and are produced from June into August. The disc-like stigma will develop into a green 'pepper-pot'-like seed capsule after the flowers have finished.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Cup-and saucer-shaped to bowl-shaped flowers held singly
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are oblong in shape with pinnatifid or pinnatisect lobing. The leaves and flowering stems are covered in bristles. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Oblong with pinnatifid to pinnatisect lobing
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil.