Eomecon chionantha (Snow Poppy) Flowers Green thickets and grassy slopes

thickets and grassy slopes

upright shrub with deep pink berries

Notes:  Adaptable to a range of soil conditions and can be quite drought tolerant once established

resinous cone

Notes:  You simply can't go wrong with any of the Mockorange species

Eomecon chionantha (Snow Poppy) Flowers Green thickets and grassy slopesFamily: Papaveraceae Zone: 6 9 Natural Range: China, Japan Soil: Average to moist humus rich Light: Shade, part sun Height: 18" Bloom Time: May to July Attributes: Deciduous. Spreading rhizome. 3 6" long leaves are ovate to rounded, scalloped edged, cordate and palmately veined. Four petaled, poppy like white flowers to 2" across, atop upright branching stems rising above the foliage. Notes: Eomecon is the Asian relative of the North American