Poppy 'Iceland Mix'
Poppy 'Iceland Mix' is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Iceland poppies signal spring and who can resist the way the delicate new flowers unfurl? It grows through the cool season for a late Winter and an early Spring display. The annual plants are compact, low-growing rosettes with gray-green leaves 45 - 60 cm tall. It produces flowers with colours including salmon pink, orange, rose, lemon, gold and creamy white on strong, upright stems. It is used in containers, cottage gardens and as a cut flower. Useful as a bee forage and attractive to beneficial insects. It prefers to grow in full sun in a rich, well-drained soil. Sow mid-Summer to early Autumn in temperate and late Summer to early Winter in subtropical and tropical areas.
Product: Poppy 'Iceland Mix'
Product type: SEED (40)
Botanical name: Papaver nudicaule
Iceland poppies grow through the cool season for a late winter and an early spring display. The plants are compact, low-growing rosettes with grey-green leaves. It produces flowers with colours including salmon pink, orange, rose, lemon, gold and creamy white on strong, upright stems. It is used in containers, cottage gardens and as a cut flower. Useful as a bee forage and attractive to beneficial insects.
Plant type: Hardy annual to 45 - 60 cm high
Sow when: Germinates best between 17 - 20°C
Temperate: Mid summer to early autumn
Subtropical: Late summer to early winter
Tropical: Late summer to early winter
Germination: 10 - 14 days
Depth: 3mm; requires light for germination, sift a very thin cover over seed
Position: Full sun
Sow where: Sow into seed tray, transplant when 7 cm high
Soil type: Fertile, well drained, pH 6.5 - 7
Details: Dead head regularly to prolong blooming for many months; keeping moisture even will prolong flowering as well
Flowering: 24 weeks
*Good for bees
40 seeds per packet
Papaver nudicaule
Hardy annual to 45 - 60 cm high
Poppy 'Iceland Mix'
Iceland poppies signal spring and who can resist the way the delicate new flowers unfurl? It grows through the cool season for a late Winter and an early Spring display. The annual plants are compact, low-growing rosettes with gray-green leaves 45 - 60 cm tall. It produces flowers with colours including salmon pink, orange, rose, lemon, gold and creamy white on strong, upright stems. It is used in containers, cottage gardens and as a cut flower. Useful as a bee forage and attractive to beneficial insects. It prefers to grow in full sun in a rich, well-drained soil. Sow mid-Summer to early Autumn in temperate and late Summer to early Winter in subtropical and tropical areas.