About

A cheerful annual, reaching 30-80cm, with a bushy habit. It produces abundant flowers in orange. 'Burnt Orange' is valued in garden settings.

About the genus

Glaucium are erect, often rosette-forming, annuals, biennials and short-lived perennials with matt, blue-green or grey-green leaves and showy, poppy flowers

Plant details

Suggested usesBedding, containers

Care notes

CultivationFertile moist soil, sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow spring
Pest resistanceAphids, slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould