Hardy, summer flowering biennial or short-lived perennialDescription: Bright golden yellow, poppy-like flowers; bluish-gray, lobed foliage; long, decorative, horn-like seed pods.Habit: Grows 12 to 36 inches high and 18 inches wideCulture: Prefers moderately fertile, well-drained soil and full sunHardiness: USDA Zones 6 through 9Origin: Europe, North Africa, TurkeyAttributes: Deer resistantJefferson Documented Thomas Jefferson planted seeds of Yellow Horned Poppy at Monticello in an oval flower bed southeast of the house in 1807. It is a native of Europe, the Canary Islands, North Africa, and Turkey, which has naturalized along the New England coast as early as the seventeenth century. The eighteenth-century botanist John Clayton noted it in his Flora Verginica (1739; 1743). Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum) is considered an invasive plant in the following state: MA.Arrives in a 4" pot.
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