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Canadian Flowers Poppies
Also in Canada poppies are popular and a Remembrance symbol for all those who had fought for Canadian unit in different wars, starting in 1917. November 11th is the Remembrance Day, and millions of Canadian citizens clip a poppy flower to their clothes as tribute for the dead soldiers fallen in action. At first, and this is curious, the remembrance was made to the poppies red-blood flowers, which grew in the field were lots of Canadian died in Flanders (France), during the Napoleonic war were more and a hundred thousand Canadians died in the battle. And a few years later (1921), it was institutionalized the Remembrance Day. So for more than 80 years now, Canadians have worried about keeping this specie alive, to honor it’s brave soldiers.
The red-blood flowers poppies we are refereeing to are the papaver rhoea, poppy flowers, which must survive Canadian difficult weather conditions.
Another important Canadian flowers also members of the poppies genre, are the Stylophorum diphyllum or wood poppy. These poppies grow into the damp darkness of the unbroken sunshade of the virgin forests of Canada since a long ago. This particular poppy, survives to lack of sunlight and excess of humidity, contrary to the preferences of all the rest of the papaver family species. A lot of amphibians consume these poppies, as well as some birds, helping them in polinization and reproduction. This plant is quite interesting, from their huge fleshy leaves to its vivid yellow flashy flowers. It surprises the woodlands in spring, sprouting and growing fast, being able to reach heights of 20 feet. The plants begin to flower in June and keep blooming until they are cut down by a killing frost. This Canadian flowers are also very easy to transplant to gardens, this poppies do like sunlight, so if they are placed where shade is not to heavy, they adapt soon to this better conditions. This Canadian flowers were listed as endangered in 1993 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, however, they did not received enough protection till 1997, when a rescue team started working on the recovery and protection of this Canadian nature wonders. This team collects the seeds of wild samples of this poppy in Ontario area, to study them and to determine the genetic characteristics to maintain the purity of the plant characteristics safe.
Wood Poppy is not an easy plant to see except for the few days in spring when it is flowering. The leaves are basal, long-stalked and deeply hurled, dark green above, paler below and slightly waxy. The flowering stem has a pair of leaves about two-thirds of the way up from the base (hence the specific name diphyllum which means two-leaved) and produces one to four flowers. The stem is hollow and slightly fleshy. All parts of the plant produce an acrid dark orange juice. Flourishing occurs in May. The fruits are grayish capsules the football-shaped; they are covered with stiff fleshy hairs. As the fertilized seeds grow and get heavier the capsule hangs downwards under its own weight. When the seeds are ripe the capsule splits open and the seeds fall to the ground. Dark brown and have a contrasting white fringe of oil bodies, arranged like a Mohawk hairdo.
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Super Giganthemums
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Our highly popular, seasonal Super Giganthemums are back in stock. We only have a limited supply of these popular poppy pods until the next drying season in August. These are the largest and most beautiful pods we have seen in a while.
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Poppy Information
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Want to know more about poppies? Then take a look at our poppies information pages.
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