Corn Poppy Papaver rhoeas

Uses: Culinary/Medicinal/Industrial

Seeds are delectable on cookies, breads, rolls, and cakes, adding texture and mild nutty flavour. Also desirable in buttered noodles. Colourful garden annual.

Red Corn Poppy American Legion [ Papaver Rhoeas ] prefers full sun but will tolerate partial shade. This poppy is a very hardy plant that prefers loose soil, and will tolerate drought well. The fruit of the red poppy is a capsule containing many black seeds. The plant re-grows strongly following year if seed falls on bare ground.