• Eventual Height: 1.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.9m
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Papaver orientale (Goliath Group) 'Beauty of Livermere'

oriental poppy

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  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: moist, well-drained
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: May to July
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    A really exuberant oriental poppy, with sumptuous, large pillar-box red flowers in early summer and downy, mid green leaves. The silky tissue-paper petals of this tall, strong-stemmed poppy are splashed with black and each flower has a dark, velvety centre. Although the flowers of all oriental poppies are ephemeral, they are easy to grow, bring a zing to any planting scheme and each plant will produce several flowers. It cut back after flowering, they may even produce a second flush. Plant in a sunny border, alongside grasses or late summer-flowering perennials, such as dahlias, which will provide interest when the plant has died back.

  • Garden care: Cut back to ground level after flowering. Lift and divide large clumps in autumn.


  • Eventual Height: 1.2m
  • Eventual Spread: 0.9m
Papaver orientale (Goliath Group) 'Beauty of Livermere' - oriental poppy Zingy, large, red flowers