FREE: 500 Danish Flag Poppy Seeds

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Poppy, Danish Flag (Papaver somniferum) - Start Poppy seeds for this showy annual with intensely rich red petals. The petals are frilly and feathered adding greater appeal, and its center has a pure white cross. Poppy Danish Flag is a stunning variety, and it is especially gorgeous when planted in mass groupings. After the Poppy Danish Flag flowers are spent and the petals fall an attractive seed pod remains. The seed pods can be preserved and used in dried arrangements or leave the seed pods in the garden for winter appeal. Danish Flag Poppy plants are easy to grow, and they thrive in most garden settings. The plants are known for self-sowing for additional season's of beauty.

How To Grow Poppy Seeds: Sow the Papaver Somniferum seeds and rake the soil covering the seed about 1/8 inch deep, and keep the soil moist after planting until the flower seeds germinate in 14 - 28 days, depending on the temperature. Thin Poppy seedlings to about 12 inches apart. Decrease watering after the plants begin to flower. Poppy Flower Care: Deadhead spent flowers to prolong blooming and enhance the appearance of the plant. If planted in well-drained soil, Poppies will thrive with very little water.

Season: Annual
USDA Zones: 3 - 9
Height: 24 - 36 inches
Bloom Season: Mid summer to early fall
Bloom Color: Red w/ some white