Papaver somniferum

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Papaver somniferum

Plant (HPS Number P05274)

Notes:
Date donated: 2nd Feb 2015

RHS Number and Name Designation (if any): 58799 - accepted name
  • Date added to the website: 23rd Mar 2023
  • Date updated on the website: 19th Jun 2023
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Papaver somniferum linked to 3 articles
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden
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On a Chalk Hillside August 2021
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My Wildlife Allotment January 2021

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On a Chalk Hillside – June 2024
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HPS Member Ann-Marie Powell wins an RHS Award for designing the Octavia Hill Garden
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Welsh Poppy: Meconopsis cambrica

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Papaver somniferum

P05274
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Papaver somniferum

S01425
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Papaver somniferum

M04226

Plants in the genus : Papaver

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Papaver triniifolium

P05218
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Papaver triniifolium

M04269
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Papaver somniferum white flowers

M04257
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Papaver somniferum red form

P05005
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Papaver somniferum red double flowers

M08363
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Papaver somniferum red double

P05217
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Papaver somniferum red double

P05574
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Papaver somniferum purple double flowers

M04241
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Papaver somniferum predominately ex ‘Lauren’s Grape’ but also reds and lavenders single and double

M08557
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Papaver somniferum pink form

P05004
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Papaver somniferum pink double fringed flowers

M06721
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Papaver somniferum pink double flowers

M06245
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Papaver somniferum orange double flowers

M04238
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Papaver somniferum mixed red flowers

M04236
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Papaver somniferum mixed purple flowers

M04255
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Papaver somniferum mixed pink flowers

M00641
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Papaver somniferum mixed lovely colours

M06722
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Papaver somniferum mixed double flowers

M04260
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Papaver somniferum lilac form

P05003
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Papaver somniferum lilac flowers

M07062
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Papaver somniferum lilac double flowers

M04245
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Papaver somniferum ex (Paeoniiflorum Group) (d) mixed

M04266
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Papaver somniferum ex (Paeoniiflorum Group) (d) dark red double flowers

M04235
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Papaver somniferum ex (Paeoniiflorum Group) (d) black double flowers

M04227

Plants in the family : Papaveraceae

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Meconopsis punicea

P01973
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Fatima’

P02892
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’

P03819
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Corydalis solida mixed colours

M06905
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Pizzicato’

P03842
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Papaver amurense

M05898
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Papaver alpinum

P06560
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Papaver pilosum subsp. spicatum

S01422
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Patty’s Plum’

P00412
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Meconopsis grandis ex ‘Himal Sky’

M06351
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Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv. ‘Fire Bird’

P03988
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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S00901.jpg

Glaucium flavum

S00901
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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S01263.jpg

Meconopsis baileyi

S01263
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Macleaya microcarpa ‘Kelway’s Coral Plume’

P09078
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https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/image/catalog/library/seeds/S01421.jpg

Papaver orientale

S01421
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Argemone grandiflora

M00734
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Beauty Queen’ && Centaurea montana

P00261
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Papaver ex (Oriental Group) ‘Patty’s Plum’

M04195
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Papaver (Oriental Group) ‘Türkenlouis’

P02556
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Papaver somniferum (Laciniatum Group) ‘Danebrog’

P05215
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Meconopsis punicea

P11748
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Papaver gracile

M08196
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Papaver somniferum lilac form

P05003
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Papaver somniferum orange double flowers

M04238