These easy-care perennials and succulents are perfect rock garden plants because they’ll grow in dry, rocky soil.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
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Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
Find out what went down at the AGS's Early Spring Show and see many of the rare and delightful plants that were on exhibition there.
A poppy is any of a number of showy flowers, typically with one per stem, belonging to the poppy family. They include a number of attractive wildflower species with showy flowers found growing singularly or in large groups.Those that are grown in gardens include large plants used in a mixed herbaceous border and small plants that are grown in rock or alpine gardens. Papaver rhoeas is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It has a variety of common names, including the Corn Poppy, Field Poppy, Flanders Poppy, or Red Poppy, one of the many species and genera named poppy. The four petals are vivid red, most commonly with a black spot at their base. It is a variable annual plant, forming a long-lived soil seed bank that can germinate when the soil is disturbed. In the northern hemisphere it generally flowers in late spring, but if the weather is warm enough other flowers frequently appear at the beginning of autumn. Like many other species of its genus, it exudes a white latex when the tissues are broken. Papavero è il nome comune di un genere (Papaver) di piante erbacee della famiglia delle Papaveraceae. Al genere appartengono 125 specie circa.Il papavero è considerato una pianta infestante. Papavero è il nome comune della specie Papaver rhoeas, comunissimo nei campi all'inizio dell'estate. Il Papaver rhoeas, o comunemente papavero o rosolaccio, è una pianta erbacea annuale appartenente al genere Papaver. La specie, largamente diffusa in Italia, cresce normalmente in campi e sui bordi di strade e ferrovie ed è considerata una pianta infestante. Petali e semi possiedono leggere proprietà sedative. È alta fino a 80 - 90 cm. Il fiore è rosso dai petali delicati e caduchi. Spesso macchiato di nero alla base in corrispondenza degli stami di colore nero. Il fusto è eretto, coperto di peli rigidi. Tagliato emette un liquido bianco. Foglie pennato partite sparse lungo il fusto. Il frutto è una capsula che contiene numerosi semi piccoli, reniformi e reticolati. Fuoriescono da un foro sotto lo stimma.I boccioli sono verdi a forma di oliva e penduli. Fiorisce in primavera da aprile fino a metà luglio. Font : Wikipedia
