yellow horned poppy
Glaucium flavum
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones6 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum) is an annual for borders, pollinator gardens, and low maintenance planting. This plant likes full sun and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. It blooms in spring and again in summer, and bees visit the flowers. Deer rarely make it their first choice. It tolerates drought and grows 12 to 24 inches tall and wide.
Pairs well with Orange Gnome catchfly, Sea kale, Silver feather grass, and Lollipop purple top.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and 10 more places. See all 14
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, Baleares, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.