• Eventual Height: 70cm
  • Eventual Spread: 60cm

Oriental Poppy

Papaver orientale Manhattan

available within 2 weeks. size: 2 litre pot

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Beautiful plum-red flowers with dark centres are produced in late spring to early summer above bristly, grey-green leaves. This delicious oriental poppy looks fabulous planted blue-flowering plants, such as Nepeta x faassenii. Perfect for a sunny garden border and will tolerate most soil conditions.

  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: moist, well-drained
  • Rate of growth: fast-growing
  • Flowering period: May to June
  • Flower colour: plum-red
  • Other features: dried seedheads are useful for flower arrangements
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

  • Garden care: Cut back to ground level after flowering. Lift and divide large clumps in autumn

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