ORIENTAL POPPIES 
ARVISTA Gardens 
plants be set deep enough to place the crowns three inches below the surface. After 
planting, the ground should not be allowed to dry out before the roots become 
established. After the ground freezes, a light covering of straw or coarse litter 
should be placed over the ground to prevent the plants from being heaved out by 
alternate freezing and thawing which, in our experience, is the most common cause 
of winter killing. Plants also may be killed by planting where water will stand 
over the crowns in winter, or by cutting off the crowns after growth starts in the 
spring. Direct contact of air or of water with the crowns are the most frequent 
causes of failure with poppies. Special care should be taken immediately after the 
blooming season to see that exposed crowns are well covered with earth. 
The plants like full sun, but do well in partial shade, especially certain of the 
darker colored varieties. Plant about two feet apart. 
With careful attention, spring planting of Oriental Poppies up to May 1 usually 
proves successful. 
Oriental Poppies may be raised from seeds, but almost 100 per cent of seedlings 
usually show flowers in some tone of orange scarlet. 
SIZE OF PLANTS 
Prices except as noted are for LARGE, FIELD GROWN PLANTS, AT LEAST 
TWO YEARS FROM PROPAGATION. We find that such plants are much more 
likely to live and grow well and to bloom earlier and more freely than the small, 
pot-grown plants sent out by many nurseries. It should be remembered, however, 
that some varieties make only about half the growth of others in a given time. 
Capital initials of color names in description of Oriental Poppies indicate that 
the color values are those found in “ Color Standards and Nomenclature,by 
Ridgway. 
In addition to the numerous varieties listed, we always have at Arvista Gardens 
numbers of other varieties, named and unnamed, which either are on trial or are not 
yet in sufficient quantity to warrant listing. This applies to all four of the groups 
in which we specialize. 
Orange-scarlet to Scarlet Group 
Any 
Brightness 
Duke of Teck 
Excelsior 
Giant 
Goliath 
one at 50 cents each; 3 
Goldschmidt 
Grand Mogul 
Menelik 
Orange Beauty 
Orange Queen 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Orientale 
Oriflamme 
Rembrandt 
Royal Scarlet 
Sunny Jim 
Geranium Pink, R. varieties, the old favorite Salmon Pink 
of which Mrs. Perry is the type. 
Any in this group at 50 cents each; 3 for $1.00. 
Edna Perry Pink Beauty 
Gerald Perry Prinzess Viktoria Luise 
ARVISTA HONOR ROLL of Oriental Poppies 
As yet there is no organization that has made a definite Honor Roll of Oriental 
Poppies. As a result of our study of Poppies covering a period of twenty years, we feel 
that such a list is fully justified. The varieties indicated with a star (^) in our list 
have proven themselves so outstanding as to merit a place in this list. As better 
ones prove themselves they will find their place in the Honor Roll. 
AMUN RA—A new red-orange of outstanding quality ..„.$1.00 
APRICOT QUEEN—True apricot with large silky petals.50 
^APRICOT QUEEN IMPROVED (Ashley, 1937)—A better color and much 
larger than Apricot Queen. Grenadine red to orange chrome, no base spot. 1.00 
BALLET GIRL—A beautiful shell pink with perfect tricorn closing. Very 
black spots ...,.5.00 
^BARR’S WHITE—A splendid satin white with sheen. Good weather resist¬ 
ance. Purple base spots. 1.50 
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