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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
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A triumphant mix of annual poppies, guaranteed that once sown, will scatter themselves in gentle drifts through your garden for ever after. They lift the whole garden at Perch Hill in early summer. We just love them
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- 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