Birulė aguona – Papaver rhoeas

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Birulė aguona
Latin plant name	Papaver rhoeas L.
English plant name	Corn Poppy
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Clump, beds (mixborder) Rockery, retaining walls Wild plant parterre
ASSORTMENT	supplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	dry soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 15 to 20
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	short – 21-40 cm middle height – 41- 60 cm tall - 61-80 cm very tall – 81 cm and over
Habitus	flower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	white yellow, yellow tints red, red tints
Blooming time	2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August autumn - September - October
Blooming period	2 months
General ornamentality	average decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	4
Group	typical annual
Bioecological group	Annual
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, scrub division. Seeds are sown in beds in Spring or Autumn. Seeds are very small. 8000 - 10000 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 1 gram of seed sown. Young sprouts are replanted. Seeds should be thinned out if seeds are sown in the final growing place, Papaver alpinum at a distance of 15 - 20 cm, Papaver nudicaule at a distance of 20 - 25 cm, Papaver orientale at a distance of 35 - 40 cm. Papaver nudicaule and Papaver alpinum are self-sowing flowers. Papaver orientale sometimes is propagated by scrub division in August. Roots should be protected from damage.