I received a few of these beauties from a friend who happens to be the wife of a veggie farmer. She SWORE she wasn't messing with annuals...Read More this year (they have a large produce stand) but she decided to plant these in a wheelbarrow in from of their store to attract the attention of passersby.
I planted mine under a blue spruce on the sunny side of the trunk (cosmos on the shadier side.) The brilliant red against the silvery needles of the tree is stunning. These lovely ladies are proud and beautiful!
We live in south central Alaska, zone 4-5, about 45 miles northeast of Anchorage. Long days in short summers!
"Ladybird" is my favorite among the annual poppies. It blooms more profusely and over a longer period than the others, and the plants ar...Read Moree more compact and stocky. It always gathers attention.
I bought mine from Annie's Annuals, and this plant is a super easy winner!!! I love the colour, and the sheer mass of the flowers and bud...Read Mores is amazing!
I planted a "wildflower seed mix" one year, and this poppy came up in that spot in my garden the following year. I believe that, like ma...Read Moreny poppies, the seeds need to overwinter in order to germinate, which is why they did not grow the season I planted the mix. The one plant grew into a huge, gorgeous poppy plant with dozens of blooms over a period of several weeks. The single plant was probably about 2 feet high and wide and quite bushy and profusely blooming with attractive foliage. The blooms only last a day but new ones follow in rapid succession. The buds are lovely, fuzzy, drooping pods prior to bursting open to reveal the slowly unfolding, tissue-paper-like blooms. It is fascinating to catch a bloom just after it emerges from the pod, you can actually watch as the flower slowly unfolds like a butterfly spreading its wings after emerging from a cocoon. Once the bloom is spent and petals fall off, the seed heads are a colorful, striped, fascinating feature of the plant in their own right. Easy to collect seeds, self-seeds.
Kids love these little poppies. Water from below because they will turn to mush if the leaves stay wet for too long. Becareful when thi...Read Morenning them out, they don't like the dirt disturbed around their roots.
This poppy sends up 2 dozen or more lovely little flowers that look just like ladybugs. Kids love them! From a 4" pot will start to flowe...Read Morer within a month and keep going for about 3-4 weeks. Each bloom will only last a couple of days, but more are always coming up. An exceptional annual.
I received a few of these beauties from a friend who happens to be the wife of a veggie farmer. She SWORE she wasn't messing with annuals...Read More
"Ladybird" is my favorite among the annual poppies. It blooms more profusely and over a longer period than the others, and the plants ar...Read More
I bought mine from Annie's Annuals, and this plant is a super easy winner!!! I love the colour, and the sheer mass of the flowers and bud...Read More
I planted a "wildflower seed mix" one year, and this poppy came up in that spot in my garden the following year. I believe that, like ma...Read More
Kids love these little poppies. Water from below because they will turn to mush if the leaves stay wet for too long. Becareful when thi...Read More
I've just purchased mine, I can't wait to see the flowers, so far it's looking good! I love bright flowers that are showy.
This poppy sends up 2 dozen or more lovely little flowers that look just like ladybugs. Kids love them! From a 4" pot will start to flowe...Read More