Papaver orientale 'Harlem'

Papaver orientale 'Harlem' will fill your garden with drama with this beautiful, easy-care and long-lived Oriental poppy. Large, double-ruffled, crepe-like, rosy-red petals, dark purple eyes and black blotches rise above thistle-like foliage. Blooms from late spring to early summer with the possibility of reblooming in autumn. Longer lived foliage too. Oriental poppies are dramatic additions to the perennial border. Grow in organically rich, medium moisture soil and full sun. They go semi-dormant after flowering as summer heat increases usually flushing new foliage as summer cools into fall. Plant a low, mounding perennial in front of your poppy patch to mask the bare spot. Note that the main shipping season of May and June for potted oriental poppies corresponds with the time these poppies will naturally go dormant. The stress of shipping often brings on this dormancy a little early. Remember: it's the roots that count. New foliage will flush later in the season. Deer and rabbit resistant.

Delicious dark burgundy color with dark center as the flowers age. 3' tall stems. A very popular color selection.