Papaver paeoniflorum Summer Fruits
Hardy Annual
- Flowers: Summer
- Position: Full sun
- Soil: Well drained
- Height: 36 inches
- Germination: Easy
- Aftercare: Easy
- Ideal for: Bedding, Border, Dried Flower
Description
A kaleidoscopic mixture of large, paeony flowered poppies in a range of fruity colours including blackberry, strawberry-ripple, redcurrant, raspberry and whitecurrant.
Easy to grow in the border and guaranteed to give a cheery display, self-seeding themselves for the following year.
Flowers summer.
Height 60-90cm (24-36in).
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | March to May |
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| Sowing depth: | 1.5mm (1/16in) deep in rows 30cm (12in) apart. |
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Sow outdoors where they are to flower.
Rake the soil to a fine tilth and sow.
A sowing can also be made in late August/September for overwintering, when they will flower in late spring/early summer.
Growing Instructions
Thin out the young plants to 30cm (12in) apart when the seedlings are large enough to handle.
Aftercare Instructions
Prefers a well drained soil and full sun but will grow in most sites and soils.
Remove the seed pods as they form unless you wish them to self seed.
