Good germination although I was late sowing these poppies. Their size was shorter than the 80cm listed on the website but then again I sowed late. I let the flowers self seed so here's hoping for a 2020 return. A hit with pollinators of all sizes, including bumble bees that would land on the flower and then find the petals fold down underneath their bumbling weighty bodies. Fun to watch!
Auntie Maureen
London
This poppy has gossamer thin petals in delicate shades of pale pink, crimson and grey, often with a metallic sheen. Each flower is different and they will flower over a very long period. I use them in the border. You are not supposed to transplant poppies, but I raise them in modules each March and plant them out when still small and they do fine. Crocus seem to be the only people who sell Fairy Wings. I hope they carry on because Fairy Wings are vital to my summer planting and are always commented on.
pws
Hertfordshire
100.0
Hardy annuals, such as clarkia, godetia and poppies, should be sown now either in prepared seedbed outside or in trays in a coldframe. If sowing in trays, sow thinly and prick out into pots filled with multi-purpose compost as soon as they are large en
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If you are wanting to have a go at growing seeds then the easiest of all are the annuals because they are programmed to germinate, flower and set seed within one year - therefore they pop up easily because there’s no time to waste. Most will provide necta
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