Iceland poppy
noun
: a poppy (Papaver nudicaule) of holarctic regions often cultivated for its usually single showy flowers
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To keep Iceland poppies blooming, apply a water-soluble 20-20-20 fertilizer every other week and make sure their soil stays moist.
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
Options for your new plantings include pinks, sweet alyssum, larkspurs, snapdragons, Iceland poppies, stocks, foxgloves, wallflowers, ornamental Swiss chard and, a little closer to March, petunias.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
Other rarities include Iceland poppies, garden roses, foxgloves and lisianthus .
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 17 Oct. 2024
Options for your new plantings include pinks, sweet alyssum, larkspurs, snapdragons, Iceland poppies, stocks, foxgloves, wallflowers, ornamental Swiss chard and, a little closer to March, petunias.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2024
Other rarities include Iceland poppies, garden roses, foxgloves and lisianthus .
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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“Iceland poppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Iceland%20poppy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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