Poppies for a Cottage Garden Mix
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
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Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Tried & tested by the team
A triumphant mix of annual poppies, guaranteed that once sown, will scatter themselves in gentle drifts through your garden for ever after
- Papaver somniferum 'Black Beauty'
- Papaver rhoeas
- Papaver somniferum 'Dark Plum'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Hardy Annual
- Position
- Border (Middle), Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - August
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Opium Poppy, Corn Poppy
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- For best results sow outdoors in rows spaced 30cm (12in) apart or in a noughts and crosses grid. Sow thinly, covering seeds lightly with soil, April-May or August-September. Thin to 30cm (12in).
Care Tips
Pick or deadhead flowers regularly to encourage growth and to prolong flowering. Remove seedheads if you do not want it to self-seed. Caution harmful if eaten.
Flowering Time
June - August
