Vivid colours and parchment-like petals, poppies are easy, dependable and gorgeous.To use as a delicate, long-lasting cut flower, singe stem briefly with a flame. Remove spent blooms to prolong the flowering season. Sow poppies where they are to grow in April (or October on the Coast) they do not like to be transplanted. Do not cover, germinates in 10-30 days. May self-sow. Heights will vary depending on soil and nutrition. (Family: Papaveraceae)
This is the true orange single California poppy. Great in wildish beds, the colour is intensified when grown near anything purple!
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$ 2.65 CA
Flanders Poppy
Hardy Annual
P. rhoeas
The red poppies of Flanders Fields, these single, scarlet flowers are breathtaking when planted en masse. Plant height: 60cm (24").
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$ 2.65 CA
Gartford Giant Mix
Perennial
P. rhoeas
Large, cup shaped, crepe-paper-like blooms come in subdued pastel colors - apricot, gold, tangerine, and white. Start as a hardy annual. Plant height: 30cm (12").
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$ 2.70 CA
Giganthemum
Hardy Annual
P. somniferum
The largest of all poppy seed pods, this goliath-sized poppy is very popular as an ornamental. A tall plant, it is easy to grow with large red flowers that have dark centres. The pods are huge, oval shaped and each produce over a thousand seeds.
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$ 4.60 CA
Ivory Castle
Hardy Annual
Eschschoizia californica
Bright, satiny cup-shaped flowers with lacy grey foliage are dependable and flower until frost. Glistening, white single blooms. Grow en masse for maximum impact.
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$ 2.70 CA
Mission Bells
Hardy Annual
Broadcast these brilliant jewels in the garden, wild meadows, rock gardens and along the lane. Ethereal poppy ruffles of shimmering petal shades come in pale salmon, orange, red, pink white and gold.
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$ 2.70 CA
Purple Gleam
Hardy Annual
These stunning poppies have pale lilac petals. Nestle these diaphanous gems among chartreuse foliage such as Alchemilla for magical colour.
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$ 2.80 CA
Shirley Double Mix
Hardy Annual
P. rhoeas
Translucent red, pink and white blooms come in singles and doubles. Height is dependant on the soil quality but Shirley Double Mix enerally grows to heights of 30cm (12") to 120cm (4ft).
