{"id":7495,"date":"2010-05-25T01:30:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T08:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2010-05-25T01:30:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T08:30:31","slug":"growing-yellow-iceland-poppies-from-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-yellow-iceland-poppies-from-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Yellow Iceland Poppies from Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"poppy r\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4628700211\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4628700211_a1ea08b424.jpg\" alt=\"poppy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Iceland Poppy &#8216;Papaver nudicaule&#8217; is\u00c2\u00a0 also known as the Arctic Poppy. They produce single petaled flowers with strong clear colouring. Despite the names they like normal climates but can dry up in a very hot sun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description of Papaver nudicaule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Iceland  poppies are hardy, short-lived perennials generally grown as biennials.<\/li>\n<li> The papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers are supported by hairy,  stems among feathery blue-green foliage.<\/li>\n<li> Iceland poppies grow about 12&#8243; tall and produce a series of 3&#8243; wide flowers from early summer.<\/li>\n<li> The wild species bloom in white or yellow but a colour range is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;Iceland poppy&lt;\/b&gt;\"> available<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> All parts of this poppy are likely to be poisonous.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Iceland poppy leaves\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4629282780\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3366\/4629282780_b88113d078.jpg\" alt=\"poppy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for Growing Papaver nudicaule<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Iceland poppies create exceedingly minute seeds and long taproots that resent disturbance.<\/li>\n<li> Sow seeds outdoors in autumn or early spring in a reasonably well-drained soil.<\/li>\n<li> The strongest plants are autumn-sown.<\/li>\n<li> Iceland poppies can live 2-3 seasons and self sow prolifically.<\/li>\n<li> Iceland poppies last several days in the vase if they are cut just before the buds open and the stem-ends are seared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Green seed pod in formation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/4629302416\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4036\/4629302416_e4414d3de7.jpg\" alt=\"159\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my garden the self sown plants have taken on weed status.<br \/>\nOnce established they continue to thrive.<br \/>\nIceland Poppy and other varieties are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=&lt;b&gt;poppy&lt;\/b&gt;\"> Thompson Morgan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iceland Poppy &#8216;Papaver nudicaule&#8217; is\u00c2\u00a0 also known as the Arctic Poppy. They produce single petaled flowers with strong clear colouring. Despite the names they like normal climates but can dry up in a very hot sun. Description of Papaver nudicaule Iceland poppies are hardy, short-lived perennials generally grown as biennials. The papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers are supported by hairy, stems among feathery blue-green foliage. Iceland poppies grow about 12&#8243; tall and produce a series of 3&#8243; wide flowers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/growing-yellow-iceland-poppies-from-seed\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,233],"tags":[34],"class_list":["post-7495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-growing-easy-plants","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}