Orientale Poppy

In early summer nothing compares to the grace of the Orientale Poppy with its immense 15 to 20cm blooms of salmon, orange and scarlet red with intricately decorated hearts.

A good border plant, as well as an eye catching cut flower, this vigorous perennial poppy grows to about 75cm in height. Very long-lived and virtually care-free, these undemanding plants provide a real spectacle year after year.

Oriental Poppies are prodigious bloomers. One-year old plants will send up at least three blooming stalks. Older plants produce a dozen or more over a 30 day period. To achieve such immense blooms and intense hues, one would assume that poppies require exact growing conditions. Nothing could be less true.

They are happy in most sites and soils though will flower be at their best in full sun in well drained soil. They flourish in spite of drought, baking from intense summer heat or freezing in winter. Once established, the bold Oriental poppies grow and multiply for decades.

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