Shirley poppy

noun

a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.

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Word History and Origins

First recorded in 1885–90; after a subspecies selected and named by William Wilks (1843–1923), English horticulturist, of Shirley vicarage, Croydon, Surrey

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Of flowers, mixed asters and Shirley poppy are to be recommended, the poppy being an early blooming flower and the aster late blooming.

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The Shirley Poppy makes a brave show about the last of July, but after that it soon dies.

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Shirley Shirley Temple

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