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Part II: Good Rock Garden Plants

by NARGS contributors

 Papaver alpinum
[pah-pah-ver al-pie-num]

The Alpine Poppy graces the early summer garden with solitary 11/2" flowers of white, yellow, red, orange and pink on 8" stems of fine silvery foliage. Requires gravelly, moist soil and a mulch of stone chips. Short-lived but self-sows. Native to the high mountains of the Old World. Zones 4-7.