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Pandora' Poppy is a hardy annual offering late spring and summer interest, with attractive black seedpods extending the season of interest. The long-lived plant sets impressive flowers with crepe papery, tissue-like petals in surprising combinations of shades, from deep burgundy red to pinkish red, with silver-grey stripes on the lower petals.
Borne singly on long, bristly stems, the showy saucer-shaped blooms change colors gradually. They attract birds and bees to the garden and make lovely cut flowers if stems are singed before placing it in water.
Pandora' is a Papaver rhoeas cultivar, also known as the common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy, or Flanders poppy.
The plant has a clumping, spreading habit of pinnately lobed, cut or toothed, hairy leaves. 'Pandora' Poppy is shown to best effect when grouped or massed in borders or beds.
Easily grown from seed and extremely low maintenance, 'Pandora' Poppy prefers full sun and organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils. It is intolerant of drought and overly wet, poorly drained soils.
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