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Shirley Poppy

The Shirley poppy was created from 1880 onwards by the Reverend William Wilks, vicar of the parish of Shirley in England. Wilks found in a corner of his garden where it adjoined arable fields, a variant of the field poppy that had a narrow white border around the petals. By careful selection and hybridization over many years he obtained a strain of poppies ranging in colour from white and pale lilac to pink and red, and unlike the wild poppies these had no dark blotches at the base of the petals. Further selection has given rise to semi-double and double forms, as well as flowers with a ring of contrasting colour around the edge: the picotee form.


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        • Bachelor Blues
        • Drummond Phlox
        • Plains Coreopsis
        • Farewell-To-Spring
        • Scarlet Flax
        • Globegilia
        • Larkspur Rocket
        • California Poppy
        • Flanders Poppy
        • Shirley Poppy
        • Rocky Mountain Bee Balm
        • Baby Snapdragon
        • Sunflower
        • Tidy Tips
        • Wallflower
        • Arrowleaf Balsamroot
        • Pacific Aster
        • Black-eyed Susan
        • Blanket Flower
        • Blue Flax
        • Colorado Columbine
        • Aspen Daisy
        • Purple Coneflower
        • Prairie Coneflower
        • Lanceleaf Coreopsis
        • Dame's Rocket
        • Wild Geranium
        • Fire Flower
        • Desert Globemallow
        • Golden Banner
        • Iceland Poppy
        • Cosmos
        • Rocky Mountain Iris
        • Maiden Pinks
        • Red Mexican Hat
        • Mountain Lupine
        • Large Flowered Penstemon
        • Rocky Mountain Penstemon
        • Wasatch Penstemon
        • White Evening Primrose
        • Showy Goldeneye
        • Northern Sweetvetch
        • White Yarrow
      • Evergreens >
        • Spruce
        • Firs
        • Pines
      • Deciduous >
        • Aspen
        • Ash
        • Birch
        • Chokecherry
        • Cottonwood
        • Crabapple
        • Fruit Trees
      • Fruits and Berries
      • Shrubs
    • Custom Pre-potting Flower Program
    • Gardening Tips for High Altitude Planting >
      • Vegetable Planting Schedule
    • Gardening Blog
    • High Altitude Planting Guide
    • Seasonal >
      • Fall >
        • Fall Bulbs for Spring Blossoms
      • Christmas >
        • Our Christmas Trees
        • Tree Care
  • Flower Barn
  • Garden Boutique
  • Garden Cafe
  • Bulk Yard