One Stop Poppy Seeds Shoppe - Buy Annual Poppies/Flower Seed

  Annual poppies bring together a wide collection of stunning poppy seed varieties that are extremely easy to grow. They will flower repeatedly through the warmer months of the year, and then set seed allowing you to collect and create your own poppy strains. Most prefer a sunny border, but they’ll often grow well in partial shade too so you can enjoy these plants across the many borders of your flower garden.

 

  One of the most recognized poppies is the Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas). This is the bright red poppy with dark spots that’s become so synonymous with Remembrance Day around the world. There are also the Breadseed poppies (Papaver somniferum) with their bright petals, and the Peony poppies (Papaver paeoniflorum) which look so like actual peony plants, it’s hard to tell them apart until you’re right up close. In addition, the lovely feathery poppies (Papaver laciniatum) bring a powder-puff of color to the garden, while California poppies (Eshscholzia Californica) are bold and brazen in their bright fiery tones of orange, yellow and red.

 

  On the whole, annual poppies are very easy to grow from seed which is why they’ve found such appeal with gardeners around the world. By deadheading regularly, you’ll encourage more blooms and, when the season is done, you’ll be able to enjoy the beautiful architecture of the developing poppy seed - heads. Then, leave the poppies to scatter their tiny seeds on their own, collect the seeds for next year and buy some new poppy seed varieties to grow your collection!