An intriguing member of the Papaver Somniferum family, Hen and Chicks offers the gardener wonderful duel purpose plant. Beautiful blooms up to a stunning eight inches wide offer a fantastic poppy flower for the garden. Meanwhile, an interesting seed pod arrangement creates a great sculptural addition to any garden.

With large flowers, Hen and Chicks develops single petals of beautiful soft pink with burgundy centers. Growing to between three and four foot tall, these blooms will fill the air with a soft pastel shade, perfect for any cottage garden border or sophisticated color scheme. Meanwhile, as the petals drop, Hen and Chicks reveals a great architectural and intriguing seed pod. A large main pod is surrounded by many smaller ones, giving this Breadseed variety it's cute name. Highly ornamental, these pods can be used in flower arranging, or even left on the plant throughout the winter months to catch the morning dew and frost with stunning effect.

Very easy to grow, Hen and Chicks is an annual poppy variety that will thrive in most soils. Sowing in fall or early spring, this packet of  poppy seeds will soon have any garden filled with color, before providing something intriguing to look at as the petals fall.