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Macleaya cordata
Plume Poppy
Mike's
Opinion
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Caution should be exercised when planting this dramatic landscape plant, it once took me several years to eradicate it from the borders where even the smallest piece of root produced a new plant.
Michael Pascoe, NDP., ODH., CLT., MSc. (Plant Conservation)
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| Family |
| Papaveraceae |
| Genus |
| Macleaya |
| Species |
| cordata |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 3 m |
| Spread |
| 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Growth |
| Fast |
| ID Characteristic |
| Exudes an orange sap from broken stems and roots, roots are a distinct dull orange colour. |
| Leaf Description |
| Dissected, heart-shaped, grey-green leaves. |
| Propagation |
| Root cuttings collected in the autumn and cut into 5 cm lengths and placed horizontally in flats barley covering the top. Water and place in a cold frame until growth appears and then pot individually. |
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