8th of august, had 100% germination rate, plant are healthy and many pumpkin per plant are steadily growing. love them
Planted late May here in Northern SK, in watered trenches 2-3 mls deep and “covered” only slightly with a quick dusting of dry soil. Every one germinated!! It’s August 9 as I write this, and I still have blooms opening. They are vigorous growers with thick bluish foliage and a few double-topped (two stemmed/podded) blooms and pods. They even withstood a vicious hailstorm in July and only yellowed on the bottom 1/4 of their stems; that storm took down trees, broke glass, and shredded many gardens here. But these peony poppies just loved to thrive!! Unlike many other poppy strains, these poppies bloomed for up to 5 or 6 days at a time with the low end being 2-3 days. So that was a wonderful surprise!! They are fascinating to watch grow, especially when the blooms are fighting to break out of the stem heads…they unfold vigorously. I watched quite a few during the whole bursting-out and unfolding stage. These also bloomed high, many of them being about 3 & 1/2’ to 4’ by the time they shed petals. The colors were tones of “black”stone-cherry purple as shown on your website all the way over to a satiny fuschia pink, and I had a range of blooming patters. Some were traditional 4-petaled poppies that bloomed a day or so, but most were the majestic ruffled peony blooms that were so much fun to watch forcing their heads open! The ruffles themselves were plentiful and voluminous; and as I mentioned, they stayed intact and gorgeous for a number of days. I also got many 1/4 sized petite peony poppy blooms that would punch themselves out from between the leaves and stems of their larger sisters! Super cute but a result of my noob mistake of planting them carelessly with no spacing. I will know not to repeat that because I will definitely be back for more in the spring!!! My first year planting poppies, very pleased with this company 🇨🇦🥀🌺🇨🇦 Grateful for the very accurate instructions and tips in my order and on the website!!
All germinated after planting in SK in late May when frost was just loosening up. I made very shallow trenches (4-6 ml) and watered well, then planted and covered with just a slight dusting of loose soil. Kept watering daily and they grew quickly!! It’s now August and they’ve recently finished blooming. Beautiful petals ranging from a dark purple-fuschia to à beautiful pale lilac-cotton candy baby blue. They truly only bloom for one day! But I had anywhere from 5 blooming per day to sometimes only one, but it was a near-daily surprise of the happiest kind!! No troubles germinating at all, my only mistake was not spacing each tiny seed out a few cms from the next; I planted them too closely and as a result had quite a few smaller plants fighting for their lives among the stronger ones as they grew. But even this was entertaining because I often saw the cutest tiny poppy blooms peeking out from beneath their larger neighbours…another very pleasant surprise on some mornings. This was my first year growing poppies and I can say that they were very grower-friendly. I will be back next year for more from this reputable company! Thank you from Northern Saskatchewan!! ♥️🥰🥀🥀🌺🌺
Not as strong as the other ones I planted!! The stems were much weaker and easily damaged. But they sprouted quickly and energetically!! Waiting to see some blossoms now (5 weeks since germinating and ground-planting).