Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas
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Common poppy has no nectar but the flowers provide pollen for bees. Beetles feed in the seed capsules and some species may overwinter here when the capsules are empty: a good reason for leaving them when the flowers are over.
Posted: Saturday 20th of June 2009 07:45 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 12:30 PM
Papaver rhoeas
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This is a plant of disturbed ground and crop fields that have not been treated with weedkiller, hence its carpeting of battlefields during and after the First World War. Common poppy has no nectar but the flowers provide pollen for bees. Beetles feed in the seed capsules and some species may overwinter here when the capsules are empty: a good reason for leaving them when the flowers are over.
Posted: Thursday 14th of May 2009 04:14 PM Last reply: Friday 28th of February 2025 11:53 AM