Hiccups occur when a spasm contracts the diaphragm, a large sheet of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. This spasm causes an intake of breath that is suddenly stopped by the closure of the vocal cords (glottis). This closure causes the characteristic hiccup sound.
Deer Resistant? I've seen peonies on several lists of deer-resistant plants. Please share your experience with whether or not the deer leave your peonies alone. We're thinking of putting some in our back yard which does get some deer traffic (we use several products to try to keep them off our plants). Peonies are my husband's favorite flower.
Papaver paeoniflorum, a member of the poppy family, is commonly called peony poppy. It is related to opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), which yields edible seeds and an oil used to make soaps and pharmaceuticals.Peony poppy grows as an annual ornamental plant in temperate climates.verview. As a relative of the species of poppy from which opium is produced, the plant is sometimes erroneously referred to opium poppy or listed in reference materials as Papaver somniferum var. paeoniflorum.