![]() My wife Criss Canning loves painting Peony Poppies and painted the variety ‘Danish Flag’ last spring. Congested plants generally produce one flower only. This spacing will give strong plants with many flowers which are produced over a relatively long period. They make substantial plants so at Lambley they are thinned to 40cm apart. Peony Poppies are direct sown here and now is a good time to do it. The poppy which started to flower early in the season, late September, was still in flower in the new year. I grew a beautiful Californian Poppy called Cream Swirl last year in a bed of mixed Salvia greggii selections. Start poppies from seed by firmly putting a few seeds on the soil do not cover with additional soil. I’ll just thin them out and leave them for a late spring show. I had a couple of beds of Shirley Poppies last year and after the summer display of sunflowers was pulled out and the bed formed up again a tremendous crop of poppy seedlings has germinated. Most poppies will self sow in the garden if allowed to go to seed. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). All being well the Iris and poppies will flower together during spring although the poppy of course will flower during winter as well. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging. Today I’m planting some Iceland Poppies in a bed of Dutch Iris. When the seedling is strong enough it’s planted into the garden. Poppies of all varieties are cool-weather plants that bloom in late spring and early summer when temperatures are mild. A watering with a gentle rose will settle the seed in without burying it. The seed is so fine that it’s sown onto the surface of the potting soil. (Without disturbing any of the roots) You may also choose to gradually introduce the young seedlings into the outdoor environment over the course of 1 week. I thin to one seedling per pot whilst they are quite small so that the roots of the one left aren’t disturbed. Once the seedlings reach 2-4 inches in height indoors, you may then transplant or rather place the biodegradable pots directly into their permanent location. The seed is so fine, dust like really, that it’s almost impossible to sow a single seed to a pot and I always get 4 or 5 to germinate. ![]() In the past I’ve always direct sown poppy seed but over the last year or two I’ve been sowing some into 5cm tubes and planting the seedlings out when they are strong enough.
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