Beautiful Plants For Your Interior
Poppy Peony Growing Tips
Peony & Laciniatum Poppies
Sometimes known as Lettuce Leaf poppies. These are not somniferum (opium) poppies.
Description.
Spring/Summer Flowering Annual
Height: up to 1000mm
Width: 450mm
Cultivation
Full Sun
Moist, Well drained Soil.
Fertilise with standard liquid fertiliser fortnightly until buds form, then weekly throughout blooming period.
May require staking as flower heads become heavy if wet.
Uses
Bee Attractant.
Remove spent blooms to encourage more flowers.
If wishing to keep seed pods for drying and later decoration or craft, do not deadhead spent blooms, but leave on the plant till completely dry.
Please note: In collecting seed for these plants, all care was taken to keep flowers from cross-pollinating, but colour cannot be absolutely guaranteed.
Poppy Colour Code
| BLK | Black |
| B & C | Berries and Cream |
| BCF | Blackcurrant Fizz |
| CB | Coronet Bay |
| C P | Coray Pink |
| D F | Danish Flag |
| Lil | Lilac Pom Pom |
| PM | Purple Magic |
| Ppl | Purple |
| R R | Red Ruffles |
| S D | Swansdown |
| W Cld | White Cloud |
| Y | Yellow |