Approximately 450 Seeds
If you like Poppies, you will certainly want this variety with its stunning velvety, deep plum-purple petals and attractive grey-blue-green foliage.
For an easily grown splash of colour, few flowers can equal poppies with their flowers produced in profusion throughout the summer. Sow and forget, nearly all will flower in the first year from sowing.
HEIGHT: 90cm
SITE: full sun
FLOWERING MONTHS: June to August
SOW OUTDOORS: March to May / August to September (for flowers the following year)
CARE TIPS: Protect from slugs and snails. They will self-sow.
Garden Care
They tend to resent root disturbance, so sow shallowly, directly into a well prepared bed in spring and water well. As the seedlings develop, thin them out to 30cm intervals keeping just the healthiest and most robust plants. Protect the emerging seedlings from slugs and snails. The seedheads can be dried and added to winter arrangements.
