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    Poppy Appeal

    Apr 09, 2019 5 minutes
    —Sherri Ribbey

    Nothing compares to the sight of a mass of poppies bursting into bloom in early summer; their crepe paperlike petals glowing in the sunlight are stunning. From the classic single red-orange ‘Legion of Honor’ corn poppy at left to lush doubles, such as ‘Flemish Antique’ breadseed poppy on the next page, there’s an amazing range of colors and shapes to choose from. Though the flowers can be fleeting when temperatures are warm, these tough plants are rarely bothered by insects or disease, and deer leave them alone, too. Turn the page to meet some annual or short-lived perennial members of the poppy family that will reseed happily in your borders year after year.

    Choose Your Favorite Poppy

    Corn poppy

    Papaver rhoeas

    Also called “field poppy” or “Flanders poppy”, this petite annual grows 9 to 18 inches tall and 6 to 12 inches wide. The species blooms in

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