I always have lots of volunteer corn poppies, Papaver rhoeas (see
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) on my lot. Some are already up now (they sprout in the fall and bloom in the spring here in eastern North Carolina). I have often wondered why they are called "corn poppies." This summer I put old corn stalks in some of the walkways in my garden, and that is exactly where the first volunteer corn poppies have now sprouted. I wonder if that is why they call them corn poppies, because old corn stalks provide a good cover for the poppy seeds until it is time for them to sprout.Karl W.