

1000 seeds Add to Bag DELIVERY INFORMATION Standard Delivery from 2. Sarah works with local farms to source the freshest.

With 24 years of floral craft experience, she is able to transform fresh flowers into beautiful creations for her clients. Founder of Ladybird Poppy, Sarah Tedford, has garnered a reputation for gorgeous, eclectic concepts with a smile. Just scatter the seed in disturbed soil and it will grow. Shop Online for Seasonal Florals and Indoor Plants. What's more, these stunning flowers are excellent plants for pollinators, so you'll also get to enjoy the sight of bees and butterflies as well as the flamboyant blooms. Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird' is a stunning poppy with large red flowers with black spots, like a ladybird - it's also very easy to grow. With so many beautiful types of poppies to choose from, you're guaranteed to find the right color and variety to suit your garden color scheme. The wider poppy family not only also includes California poppies (Eschscholzia) but also Himalayan blue poppies (Meconopsis), and bleeding hearts (Dicentra).Ĭalifornia poppies prefer all day sunshine and a well-drained soil, like some other poppies they thrive in gravel gardens.Īnd, like corn poppies, softer more pastel shades have been developed alongside the fiery flowered wild type. Yes, California poppies are related to corn poppies and breadseed poppies. Are California poppies related to corn poppies and breadseed poppies? Do I grow them in the same way? There is also a variety, ‘Hen & Chickens’, with a ring of tiny pods underneath the main pod, that is also valuable for drying. The single flowers are relatively short-lived so grow in a row in the vegetable garden specially for adding to dried flower decorations. Type of poppy: Breadseed poppy ( Papaver somniferum)ĭeveloped specially for drying, the seed pods are unusually large and fat for extra impact in dried arrangements. Lady Bird Poppy flowers are gorgeous poppies that resemble red and black ladybugs.
