Falling in Love Shirley Poppy Flower Seeds

Poppy (Shirley) - Falling in Love Papaver rhoeas Annual - This joyful mixture of Shirley poppies is selected for its beautiful flowers in entrancing color combinations that light up the spring garden. It includes both single and double blossoms, many with contrasting picotee edges, in a glowing array of Valentine shades including crimson, rose-red, white rimmed with rosy-red and occasional peach. The 2 - 3' tall nodding flowers will shine in your spring garden with satiny blossoms that sway gracefully above frothy foliage.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Papaver rhoeas
• Plant type: Annual
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Annual - This joyful mixture of Shirley poppies is selected for its beautiful flowers in entrancing color combinations that light up the spring garden.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: barely cover
• Germination: 10-21 Days
• Height At Maturity: 3 to 3-1/2 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 6-8"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Falling in Love Shirley Poppy Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Falling in Love Shirley Poppy Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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