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042608IcelandPoppyVariousFlowersMP157

SHOT 4/26/08 5:07:10 PM - Various flowers and plants in bloom in the backyard. An emerging Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule syn. Papaver croceum, P. amurense, P. miyabeanum, and P. macounii) is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, usually grown as biennials, that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot, curved stems among feathery blue-green foliage 1-6 inches long. They were first described by botanists in 1759. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 2-8. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids. The plants prefer light, well-drained soil and full sun, but the plants are not hardy in hot weather, perishing within a season in hot summer climates..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008)

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SHOT 4/26/08 5:07:10 PM - Various flowers and plants in bloom in the backyard. An emerging Iceland Poppy (Papaver nudicaule syn. Papaver croceum, P. amurense, P. miyabeanum, and P. macounii) is a boreal flowering plant. Native to subpolar regions of northern Europe and North America, Iceland poppies are hardy but short-lived perennials, usually grown as biennials, that yield large, papery, bowl-shaped, lightly fragrant flowers supported by hairy, 1-foot, curved stems among feathery blue-green foliage 1-6 inches long. They were first described by botanists in 1759. The wild species blooms in white or yellow, and is hardy from USDA Zones 2-8. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing (like all poppies) toxic alkaloids. The plants prefer light, well-drained soil and full sun, but the plants are not hardy in hot weather, perishing within a season in hot summer climates..(Photo by Marc Piscotty / © 2008)