Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)

Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum)Hardy, summer flowering biennial or short lived perennial Description: Bright golden yellow, poppy like flowers; bluish gray, lobed foliage; long, decorative, horn like seed pods. Habit: Grows 12 to 36 inches high and 18 inches wide Culture: Prefers moderately fertile, well drained soil and full sun Hardiness: USDA Zones 6 through 9 Origin: Europe, North Africa, Turkey Attributes: Deer resistant Jefferson Documented Thomas Jefferson planted seeds of

Although not mentioned specifically by Jefferson in his notes and correspondence

ISBN-13:  978-0691128672

Two of our exquisite handmade champagne flutes

which originated in Charleston

Habit: Single flowers on 8 to 12-inch stems

white flowers in mid-summer when few other woody plants are in bloom

Thomas Jefferson's incoming mail covers a wide range of fascinating topics

Print length: 244 pages

Quaker botanist John Bartram also grew Pawpaws in his garden near Philadelphia and Thomas Jefferson listed it as an ornamental native in his Notes on the State of Virginia (1782)

"the Puckoon flowers had fallen"

He made several inquiries to locate it in 1806

This Coneflower has many landscape benefits: the flowers attract butterflies