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POPPY – SHIRLEY DOUBLE MIX

POPPY – SHIRLEY DOUBLE MIX

Original price was: $6.40.Current price is: $5.11.

SKU: UFNH847765643 Category:

Description

2 foot high plants carry a multitude of salmon, scarlet, rose, pink and white double flowers many over 4 inches across.

300 seeds

PLANTING

Papaver rhoeas

Annual

Germination: 7-14 days

Germination Temperature: Optimum soil temperatures 55-65F

Seed Planting Depth: Sowdeep

Starting Indoors: Difficult to transplant, not recommended. Roots and stems are fragile. Sowing into individual biodegradable peat/cow pots reduces rootdamage when transplanting. Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot. Transplanta few weeks before the last frost.

Sowing Outdoors: Early spring as soon as the ground can be workedor in the fall. Sow a few seeds every 6-9” or prepare a weed free seed bedandsprinkle down seeds. Thin theseedlings 6-9” apart.Do not startpoppies in hot weather. Germination and growth will be poor sow them in late falland early spring.

Growth Habit: Upright

Height and Width: 24-30 x 18-24

Spacing: 6-9 apart

Light Needs: Full sun

Soil Needs: Average,loamy, sandy, well-drained

Approximate days to flower from seed: 60-70 days, late spring to early summer

Uses: Flower beds, cottage and wildflower gardens, cut flowers, attracts pollinators

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