Known as the Iranian Poppy or the Persian Poppy, this is my favorite poppy of all time. I started my plants from seed over twenty years ago and they impress me every year with their huge, brilliant blooms in May.
I have two big clumps of these poppies left in the raspberry bed close to Burke Avenue. My 2020 goal for them is to try to increase the population by taking root cuttings. I will feed them a bit and weed and trim around them in the spring so they keep on popping out giant poppies for years to come.