Papaver rhoeas 'Corn Poppy'

[Ex. Gloucestershire, England]

Papaveraceae: annual growing to 0.6 m (2ft) by 0.2 m (0ft 8in), hardy to zone 5, red flowers are produced, sometimes in very large number from June to August, and the seeds ripen from August to September. A common weed of cultivated land and waste places, avoiding acid soils, becoming far less frequent on cultivated land due to modern agricultural practices, native range includes Europe, including Britain, from Scandinavia south and east to North Africa and temperate Asia.

USES:

The flowers of corn poppy have a long history of medicinal usage, especially for ailments in the elderly and children, chiefly employed as a mild pain reliever and as a treatment for irritable coughs, it also helps to reduce nervous over-activity. The seeds are used as a flavouring in cakes, bread, fruit salad, a syrup can be prepared from the scarlet flower petals, it is used in soups, gruels. also a red dye from the petals can be used as a food flavouring, especially in wine.

GROWING INFORMATION:

Surface sow in spring in situ. Fertile well drained soil in full sun.

HARVESTED: 2019

APPROX. 2,000+ SEEDS