PRICKLY
POPPY
Family PAPAVERACEAE
Argemone grandiflora
Annual
Also known as Devil’s Fig and Argemony,
this species is the most usually grown in flower
gardens and is a native of Mexico.
Best treated as a half-hardy annual, although
in its native habitat it is perennial.
The foliage is poppy-like and hairy, almost thorny,
and has conspicuous white veins. The flowers are
four inches across, creamy-white in colour, with
a central bunch of orange-yellow stamens; var.
lutea is an attractive yellow-flowered form, and
both reach a height of two to three feet.
One of the most attractive plants of its class,
this poppy is best raised from seed sown in a
warm frame, the seedlings pricked off and planted
in a sunny situation, in well-drained soil and
in association with the choicest denizens of the
annual or perennial border.
Propagation is from seed.
The flowering period is from midsummer, continuously
until frost.
See also Argemone
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