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Moroccan Poppy
| Product Code: | NG005 |
| Seeds Per Pack: | Approximately 500 |
| Price Per Pack: | £2.25 |
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| Comments: | Fantastic when sown on mass or in clumps, semi-double poppy, long lasting flowering period, warm apricot colour, sways beautifully in a light breeze. Easy to grow. |
| Latin name: | Papaver atlanticum |
| Good for: | Flower border, natural drifts, wildflower areas, and any other places you see poppies grow. |
| Flower size: | 6 - 7cm diameter |
| Plant height: | 70 - 80cm |
| When to sow: | Outdoors for first year flowering: End of February - end of March (when the soil has started to warm up) Outdoors for flowering the following year: April - July |
| Weeks to flowering: | From outdoor sowing in March of same year: 16 - 18 |
| Hardiness: | Treat as a hardy perennial. |
| Garden position: | Enjoys full sun and an average well-drained soil, where your want your own little patch of Spain or Morocco. |
Best Sown Directly Outdoors:
| When: | From end of February to end of July |
| How: | Thinly, in shallow imaginative lines and cover very lightly. |
| Thin Out: | 5 - 10cm between plants. |
| Days to germination: | 21 - 30 |
Sow Indoors For Early Flowers :
| When: | End of January - beginning of February |
| Temperature: | 10 - 18°C e.g. cool windowsill or conservatory |
| Use: | Soil-less seed compost with 25% either sharp sand or perlite. Do not cover seed. If not sown in a propagator, cover with a plastic bag (remove on germination) |
| Days to germination: | 21 - 30 |
Prick out seedlings and grow on. Plant out after hardening off seedlings. |
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For more advice on how to grow your seeds successfully, go to our hints and tips section.
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