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Flanders Poppy Seed
Papaver rhoeas
- Probably the best known of all the poppies, not least because of its links with Remembrance Day and the Royal British Legion.
- Beautiful scarlet red flowers with a black centre.
- Easy to sow, and will then self seed forever!
Supplied as a packet of approximately 200 seeds.
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Commonly known as the Flanders Poppy in memorial to those brave young men killed in World War I, and the Poppy that inspired the Poppies we wear in Remembrance.
These are beautiful and easy to sow and grow - any open space, bank or field area can become a blaze of beautiful red - absolutely stunning! Provided you allow these to form seed heads and drop their seed they will some back year after year.
Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.
- Likes a full sun position.
- Prefers well drained soil.
- Mix the almost dust like fine seed in a bucket of dry sand or compost and simply broadcast to the soil when rain is expected.
- Provided plants are allowed to form seed heads and drop these will self seed each year.
- Flowers May - July.
- Culinary Uses
- Poppy seeds can be used in baking.
- Can be added to curry powder for texture or as a thickener.
- Other Uses
- Makes great bird food!
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This product is subject to group discount if you are buying multiple products from the same pricing group. Other products in this group are...
Bells Of Ireland Seed
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Californian Poppy Seed 'Kelmscott Giant'
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China Aster Seed 'Serenade' Series
Clarkia Seed 'Crown Double Mixed'
Cornflower Seed 'Crown Blue'
Cosmos Seed 'Ladybird' Mixed
Dahlia Seed 'Dandy Mix'
Delphinium Seed 'Giant Imperial' Strain
Gypsophila Seed
Icelandic & Oriental Poppy Seed Mix
Love In The Mist Seed
Nasturtium Seed
Old English Marigold Seed
Old English Pinks Seed
Pyrethrum Seed Mix
Rudbeckia Seed Mix
Statice Seed 'Supreme' Series Mixed
Sweet Scented Ten Week Stocks Seed
Sweet William Seed 'Messenger' Mixed
Zinnia Seed 'Oklahoma' Series
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