Shirley Poppy ‘Supreme’

Papaver rhoeas

Features

  • Dryable
  • Easy to grow
  • Medium producer
  • Pollinator-friendly

Description

This mesmerizing mix of white, scarlet, soft pink, and watermelon-orange look like an old-fashioned silk kimono. Single and double flowers sway above clean, mint-green serrated foliage. Each fuzzy stem shoots up at least a half dozen buds, and as soon as one flower fades, another comes up, resulting in flowers all summer long. Blooms have a delicate and ephemeral quality and are well loved by pollinators.

Details

Plant type: hardy annual
Height: 24 to 30 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 55 to 65 days
Plant spacing: 9 in
Pinch: not necessary

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Shirley poppies resent transplanting. Direct-sow into the garden after all danger of frost has passed. Seed can be started indoors, just take care when transplanting out not to disturb the roots too much.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Individual flowers are short-lived, lasting 3 to 4 days if stem ends are seared for 7 to 10 seconds in boiling water. Seedpods can be dried and used indefinitely.

Details

Description

This mesmerizing mix of white, scarlet, soft pink, and watermelon-orange look like an old-fashioned silk kimono. Single and double flowers sway above clean, mint-green serrated foliage. Each fuzzy stem shoots up at least a half dozen buds, and as soon as one flower fades, another comes up, resulting in flowers all summer long. Blooms have a delicate and ephemeral quality and are well loved by pollinators.

Details

Plant type: hardy annual
Height: 24 to 30 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 55 to 65 days
Plant spacing: 9 in
Pinch: not necessary

Seed Sowing & Growing Notes

Shirley poppies resent transplanting. Direct-sow into the garden after all danger of frost has passed. Seed can be started indoors, just take care when transplanting out not to disturb the roots too much.

Harvesting/Vase Life

Individual flowers are short-lived, lasting 3 to 4 days if stem ends are seared for 7 to 10 seconds in boiling water. Seedpods can be dried and used indefinitely.

Sources

How to Grow

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