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Papaver orientale Harvest Moon - Oriental Poppy

Papaver orientale Harvest Moon
Oriental Poppy

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It's not orange but light red. Still very beautiful. The poppies are young plants that are not easily established but are very floriferous if they decide to settle.

Tipha, 04/06/2021

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The Oriental Poppy 'Harvest Moon', with soft orange flowers.
Flower size
10 cm
Height at maturity
1 m
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -29°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil, Moist soil
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Recommended planting time February to April, September to November
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Description

The 'Harvest Moon' Oriental poppy is an original variety due to its orangish color.

Towards the end of spring, crumpled flowers bloom.

An excellent transitional plant for flower beds, the 'Harvest Moon' Oriental poppy blooms during a dormant period (after spring flowering and before summer flowering). It pairs very well with the chartreuse green of lady's mantle or cypress spurge.

Oriental poppies are excellent perennial plants for flower beds. Behind their large flowers with crumpled petals, hides a very robust plant capable of surviving in poor, rocky, and dry soils in summer. After abundant flowering at the end of spring, the poppy dries up, first the flower stems, which can be used in dried bouquets, and then the leaves.

It completely disappears and goes dormant in the heart of summer, and re-emerges in autumn to bloom again as soon as the temperatures become milder.

It only fears one thing, winter humidity; in heavy soils, the solution is to replace the clay soil with pure sand in the planting hole.

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Papaver orientale Harvest Moon - Oriental Poppy (Foliage) Foliage

Flowering

Flower colour orange
Flowering time May to July
Flower size 10 cm
Flowering description Ruffled, deep-orange.

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous
Foliage colour medium green
Foliage description Deciduous.

Plant habit

Height at maturity 1 m
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Papaver

Species

orientale

Cultivar

Harvest Moon

Family

Papaveraceae

Other common names

Oriental Poppy

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

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Planting and care

Perennial poppies thrive in full sun and grow in any well-drained garden soil. In heavy and clayey soils, you will plant your poppy in a hole filled with pure sand in a volume equivalent to 3 times that of the bucket. Cut off faded flower stalks and clean up old foliage during the summer, but be careful! Wear gloves because the plant secretes a toxic white latex that can cause serious burns if it comes into contact with the eyes!

Planting period

Recommended planting time February to April, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow, Rockery
Type of use Border
Hardiness Hardy down to -29°C (USDA zone 5) Show map
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Moist soil, Free-draining.

Care

Pruning instructions Cut the stems and dried foliage during the summer dormancy period to stimulate a second flowering in late summer.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time July to August
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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