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Prickly Poppy in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Argemone platyceras

 

Prickly Poppy

Argemone platyceras is a member of the poppy family (papaver) and has large white flowers with red stamens. It has prickly leaves and prickly stems, hence the name Prickly Poppy. Grow in dry sunny positions.

 
plant Features
  • Prickly Poppy likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Prickly Poppy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Prickly Poppy is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Prickly Poppy likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Prickly Poppy

Latin name

Argemone platyceras

type

Hardy Annual

family

Papaveraceae

ph

6.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Prickly Poppy likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Prickly Poppy is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Prickly Poppy likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Prickly Poppy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Prickly Poppy is 0.40meters x 0.40meters 0.40 M 0.40 M

Argemone platyceras

Argemone platyceras is a member of the poppy family (papaver) and has large white flowers with red stamens. It has prickly leaves and prickly stems, hence the name Prickly Poppy. Grow in dry sunny positions.


Flowering Season

From Mid Summer TO Mid Autumn

Flowers appear between June and September

 

Planting Young Plants

From Late Spring TO Late Spring

If sown indoors, allow for a period of hardening off before transplanting young plants out into the garden, such as in a cool greenhouse, or coldframe.

 
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