Oriental Poppy

Oriental Poppies provide a cheerful display of huge, luminous flowers in late spring and early summer. Plants form a low clump of coarse, furry leaves, and usually go dormant, disappearing completely by late summer. This strain has scarlet-orange blooms, with a black center. The compact habit makes this suitable for the front of the border. Because they disappear in summer, plant something beside Oriental Poppies that will get bushy later in the season, such as Rudbeckia, Russian Sage, or fall-flowering grasses.