About Shirley Poppy

Shirley Poppy

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual

1.2 Type

Herbs

1.3 Origin

Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cultivated Beds

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

4-8

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 1

1.8 Sunset Zone

A1, A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

30.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

20.30 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Red, Orange Red, Black

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Sandy Brown, Chocolate

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Light Green, Gray Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Light Green, Gray Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Not Available

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Pinnate

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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60% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Keep ground moist, Keep the Soil well drained, Medium, Requires regular watering

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Alkaline, Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Loam, Sand

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Loam, Moist but well drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun

4.7 Pruning

No need to prune, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Adelgids, Downy mildew, Red blotch

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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34% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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30% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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50% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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22% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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17% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

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40% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

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3% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

Sometimes

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Headache, Toxic if not prepared properly

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Beautification, Cut Flowers, Decorating walls, Hanging Basket, Showy Purposes, Used as an interior landscaping species, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Anodyne, Cancer, Emmenagogue, Emollient, Expectorant, Hypnotic, Sedative, Tonic

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Seeds

6.2.3 Other Uses

Cake, Cut Flowers, Decoration Purposes, Used for its medicinal properties, Used for making black and brown dye, Used in flavouring curries, teas, Used to flavour soups

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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31% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Cottage garden, Cutflower, Flower borders, Hanging Basket, Showy Tree

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

PAPAVER rhoeas

7.2 Common Name

Corn Poppy, Flanders Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy

7.2.1 In Hindi

शर्ली अफीम

7.2.2 In German

Klatschmohn

7.2.3 In French

shirley pavot

7.2.4 In Spanish

Shirley amapola

7.2.5 In Greek

Shirley παπαρούνας

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Shirley poppy

7.2.7 In Polish

Shirley maku

7.2.8 In Latin

Shirley, papaveris

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Tracheophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Ranunculales

8.5 Family

Papaveraceae

8.6 Genus

Papaver

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Papavereae

8.9 Subfamily

Paperveroideae

8.10 Number of Species

770

Rank: 24 (Overall) ▶

1 27800

Properties of Shirley Poppy

Want to know the properties of Shirley Poppy? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Shirley Poppy is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are Headache and Toxic if not prepared properly. Shirley Poppy Benefits are as follows:

Medicinal use: Anodyne, Cancer, Emmenagogue, Emollient, Expectorant, Hypnotic, Sedative and Tonic
Part of plant used: Flowers, Leaves and Seeds

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

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Shirley Poppy Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Shirley Poppy. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Shirley Poppy physical information is as follows: 30.00 cm tall and 20.30 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Pinnate. Also it has following color specifications:

Flower color: Red, Orange Red and Black
Leaf color: Light Green and Gray Green

Care of Shirley Poppy

Taking Shirley Poppy Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Shirley Poppy include pruning, which should be done No need to prune, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun, Partial Sun for its proper growth.

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Season and care of Shirley Poppy

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Shirley Poppy is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual plant. Shirley Poppy is a very important plant from . There are Not Available varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Not available. This plant's habitat is Cultivated Beds and it comes in the hardiness zone 4-8. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.