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Growth habit is tall.

Buds are a pinkish-red before bloom.

Unusual foliage and flowers make this an interesting plant.

Bees love this plant.

Plants may need staking.

Papaveraceae

Tall-growing, with attractive, pinnately lobed, alternate leaves that have silver hairs on the undersides. Apetalous cream-colored flowers bloom in foot-long panicles.

Plant Type: perennial

Plant Form or Habit: upright/vertical

Plant Use: In the back of beds and borders; in containers; in groups as specimen plants.

Propagation:

seed
division

Flower Color:

white

Bloom Period:

mid-summer
late summer
early fall

Width: Minimum: 36 inches     Maximum: 48 inches

Foliage Texture: coarse

USDA Hardiness Zone: 4

Water Requirements: average

Additional Comments: This plant needs room to grow! Foliage and flowers can be used in cut-flower arrangements, but are short-lived. Because Macleaya is in the poppy family, you will find that plants have yellow sap.