Papaver.somniferum Opium poppy
Large flowered poppy richly coloured with scarlet petals. Decorative seed heads are excellent for drying, use in dried flower arranging and borders.

Sowing Information
Common/Latin Name: Poppy
Type: Hardy Annual
Temperature: 15-20°C
Cover: Average layer vermiculite or compost
Date: Sow early spring or April - June outdoors Sow Sept to over winte
Advice: Grow in full sun. For a continuous display make successional sowings. Easily grown from seed. Papaver sowing info varies with variety, this is a general sowing information.