Poppies: with great care simple reward
The pace of life today does not allow us to devote much time as we would like our garden. Therefore, if you're considering giving a touch of color to your small plot green flowers and need not require great care, do not worry, the poppy offers a wide variety of colours in exchange for a little care. A bit of sun and moderate watering enough to survive throughout the year.The poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which has inspired many popular songs, belongs to the family of Papaveráceas. This is a wild plant, native to Asia, Europe and Africa, we can adapt our gardens without any difficulty. Many consider it a weed, but actually, is one of the most colorful flowers that contributes to the fields, especially the edge of the road, where it grows often. A row of poppies along the corridor of entry to the house is one of the options recommended to showcase this species and bring nature into your home.Linda poppy: Surely you've ever browsed by rural roads and you found this flower around you.
Recalling that has a long stem and erect with fine Pelillo covering it. Some copies reach 1.5 m. tall, making them visible over weed the fields. The leaves, which do not possess petiole, emerging alternate along the stem. They have a unique form midrib and lobed and toothed is characteristic of this species. The most striking are their flowers, composed of four fragile and delicate petals forming an area that reaches 50 mm. in diameter. Although there is no cree that only scarlet red, we know that there are also copies oranges, yellows, purples and whites. On any of these shades highlight the long black stamens. Depending on the care and time that has been planted, can flower in spring or summer. The fruit of poppy, shaped like a small capsule, contains in its internal minuscule seeds that escape through the operculum (a kind of lid) to reproduce without assistance, the plant.
From field to your garden
If you choose to cultivate poppies, just make sure to leave the field and find a copy. Look for fruit, once you've found the perfect place to plant them, extract seeds and espárcelas along the ground leaving a separation between each of them. Do not try to transplant a container garden because it did not endure. The care you poppy requires you lose a lot of time. Just the place in a field of dry substrate and without large amounts of organic substances. Best if it is a sunny spot, although there is no inconvenience if half shade. Irrigation of poppies will depend on weather conditions in the area and season. Although very well hold the arid soils, performs this task once or twice a week or so. In summer, you'll need to do more someday.
Food and medicine
Unlike poppy or opium poppy, from which opium is extracted, the poppy is not toxic. Although it also has therapeutic applications. Only the leaves may be slightly poisonous when ingested by animals are herbivores. In people, petals, the sap and cause a sedative effect fruit. Nevertheless, we can not rely between species because a mistake can prove fatal. The infusion of poppy helps eliminate cough and expectoration, moreover, is used as a remedy for gastrointestinal ailments. Like any other medication, should be taken only under medical prescription. The poppy seeds have been used for centuries as a condiment. He also took his place in the elaboration of bread and pastries. There were also magic: mind an old legend that if you put on the plate of the loved one, it would fall rendida our feet. In fact, se cree que el efecto somnifera intake which produces large quantities of this flower, causing stunning individual, being able to handle our whim. With dried petals can be produced soft drinks, jams and syrups. The leaves are used to prepare various dishes of vegetables. They are also used in the kitchen immature fruit.
The pace of life today does not allow us to devote much time as we would like our garden. Therefore, if you're considering giving a touch of color to your small plot green flowers and need not require great care, do not worry, the poppy offers a wide variety of colours in exchange for a little care. A bit of sun and moderate watering enough to survive throughout the year.The poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which has inspired many popular songs, belongs to the family of Papaveráceas. This is a wild plant, native to Asia, Europe and Africa, we can adapt our gardens without any difficulty. Many consider it a weed, but actually, is one of the most colorful flowers that contributes to the fields, especially the edge of the road, where it grows often. A row of poppies along the corridor of entry to the house is one of the options recommended to showcase this species and bring nature into your home.Linda poppy: Surely you've ever browsed by rural roads and you found this flower around you.
Recalling that has a long stem and erect with fine Pelillo covering it. Some copies reach 1.5 m. tall, making them visible over weed the fields. The leaves, which do not possess petiole, emerging alternate along the stem. They have a unique form midrib and lobed and toothed is characteristic of this species. The most striking are their flowers, composed of four fragile and delicate petals forming an area that reaches 50 mm. in diameter. Although there is no cree that only scarlet red, we know that there are also copies oranges, yellows, purples and whites. On any of these shades highlight the long black stamens. Depending on the care and time that has been planted, can flower in spring or summer. The fruit of poppy, shaped like a small capsule, contains in its internal minuscule seeds that escape through the operculum (a kind of lid) to reproduce without assistance, the plant.
From field to your garden
If you choose to cultivate poppies, just make sure to leave the field and find a copy. Look for fruit, once you've found the perfect place to plant them, extract seeds and espárcelas along the ground leaving a separation between each of them. Do not try to transplant a container garden because it did not endure. The care you poppy requires you lose a lot of time. Just the place in a field of dry substrate and without large amounts of organic substances. Best if it is a sunny spot, although there is no inconvenience if half shade. Irrigation of poppies will depend on weather conditions in the area and season. Although very well hold the arid soils, performs this task once or twice a week or so. In summer, you'll need to do more someday.
Food and medicine
Unlike poppy or opium poppy, from which opium is extracted, the poppy is not toxic. Although it also has therapeutic applications. Only the leaves may be slightly poisonous when ingested by animals are herbivores. In people, petals, the sap and cause a sedative effect fruit. Nevertheless, we can not rely between species because a mistake can prove fatal. The infusion of poppy helps eliminate cough and expectoration, moreover, is used as a remedy for gastrointestinal ailments. Like any other medication, should be taken only under medical prescription. The poppy seeds have been used for centuries as a condiment. He also took his place in the elaboration of bread and pastries. There were also magic: mind an old legend that if you put on the plate of the loved one, it would fall rendida our feet. In fact, se cree que el efecto somnifera intake which produces large quantities of this flower, causing stunning individual, being able to handle our whim. With dried petals can be produced soft drinks, jams and syrups. The leaves are used to prepare various dishes of vegetables. They are also used in the kitchen immature fruit.
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