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NAME: Oriental Poppy Mix
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Papaver Orientale
COLOR: White, Cream, Orange, Yellow, Red, Pink, Etc with dark centers & colorful stamens
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Spring
HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 8 (& reseeds itself easily)
PLANT HEIGHT: 24 - 36"
PLANT SPACING: 18 - 24"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
OTHER: This fast-growing heirloom variety poppy attract bees, butterflies, and birds. The huge showy 2 - 4" blooms make them an excellent cut flower, and their unique looking seed pods are splendid in dried arrangements or for crafts. They are known in folk medicine as a mild sedative and analgesic.
All seeds will come in a resealable plastic zip lock bag with a label featuring a picture of the flower, planting instructions, and plant specifications such as height, spacing, and light requirements for easy planting. If stored properly, seeds can last for years! All seed packets contain 100% true named seeds - there are no fillers or other weeds or seeds mixed in. Most have been harvested by hand & all test at an exceptionally high germination rate