Re: Papaver rupifragum




>From: ECPep@aol.com
>Reply-To: perennials@mallorn.com
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: Papaver rupifragum
>Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 13:41:37 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/23/01 1:42:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>llmen@execpc.com
>writes:
>
><< Does anyone grow Papaver rupifragum?  How hardy is it and is it need
>  particularly excellent drainage >>
>
>I have grown this poppy and it can be hardy to my zone 4. It is similar to
>the oriental poppy but is taller.  It stays with me a year or two and then
>disappears.  The colors are clearer (I did not get any oranges)  than the
>orientals and the stalks stronger and more erect.
>
>As most poppies they are best planted on site where they are hard to keep
>track of for the first year.  I think I used nursery pots the last time 
>sunk
>into the cold frames for a year.  There is British seed to buy around here
>now and it is always on seedex lists.
>
>Don, when a plant displays a desire to not grow here over and over, I
>acquiesce and stop trying.  Yes, on drainage. No poppy will grow well 
>without
>excellent drainage, all that I can remember are tap-rooted.
>
>A small digression, if you have not introduced self-seeding Papaver
>somniferum (annual) into you garden you might try that. The colors are the
>same and the return of the plants is certain.
>These are rather fun as they come up everywhere and bloom the entire summer
>as bloom follows slightly erratic germination.  As a result there are some 
>in
>bloom in some part of garden always.  These plants get more admiration in 
>my
>garden than any other summer bloomer.  A good return for no work 
>whatsoever.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS z4

Claire, I think you may be wrong about the species you are growing.
It was my belief, backed by several textbooks that rupifragum is a short 
poppy from Spain, with thin wiry stems. There are single and double 
varieties but it only comes in orange.

Bob Campbell


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