Common Name:
Plume poppy
Plant Type:
Deciduous perennial
Family:
Papaveraceae (The Poppy Family)
Geographic Origin:
China and Taiwan
California Native?:
No

Plant Size:
5-8 feet
Landscape/Garden Uses:
borders
Flowering Season:
Summer

Flower Color:
Light salmon
Exposure:
Sun or light shade
Soils:
Most soils

Suggested Irrigation:
Moderate watering
Estimated Hardiness:
Hardy to 0 degrees F. or less

This giant perennial of the poppy family forms rather dense thickets from underground rhizomes. The individual shoots are stout and quite erect, rising 6 feet or more. The leaves are very large, roundish, lobed and scalloped on the margins and colored grey green above, tan to lighter grey beneath. In summer great plumes of small cream-colored blossoms, opening from bronze to flesh-colored buds, adorn the plants. The leaves take on pleasing pastel shades before the stems die down in winter. Sun, most soils, moderate watering. Hardy to 0 degrees F. or less.