Description
Best in drifts, and so easy to grow, just plant when the spring weather is still cool, and frost is possible. Easy to grow. One plant will produce flower heads for up to 6 weeks . Beautiful miniature seed pods that make amazing additions to boutonnieres and dried creations.
36-42” high, full sun is best, Days to maturity: 55-65 days. Plant spacing: 9”, Pinch: not necessary
Resent transplanting but can be started indoors, just take care when planting out not to disturb the roots too much (soil blockers are excellent) and plant out as soon as large enough to handle, as soon as the soil outside is workable (cold weather is ok) Soil blockers are highly recommended for poppies. You can also direct sow into the garden after all danger of frost has passed but the seeds are extremely tiny, like dust.
The flowers are short lived, lasting 3-4 days if stem ends are seared 7-10 seconds. Perfect for personal use or event work. Harvest when flowers are just opening before the bees get busy.
Interesting lore: In 1880 the Reverend William Wilks discovered a single flower of Papaver rhoeas with a white edge to the petal. He later picked the seed capsule and spent 20 years breeding soft-coloured strains – white, pink, yellow and orange – some with picotees (dark edges). These he named ‘Shirley’ after his Surrey parish. Cornfield poppy, Papaver rhoeas, carpeted the bomb-blasted battlefields of Flanders and France in a blaze of scarlet.
Approx seeds per packet: 100 annual
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