

These poppies are actually North American perennials, but they are grown as biennial plants. That is much easier and they flower more profusely. This mixture produces flowers in delightful pastel shades, in which soft red and light yellow predominate. Excelsior Icelandic Poppies are very beautiful in groups in beds and borders. They are also good cut flowers.
Early sowing (annual): February-March in seedbed under glass. Plant out in April or May. Late sowing (biennial): Mid-July to mid-August in a seedbed and transplant in autumn. Cut off flowers at bud stage.
These poppies are actually North American perennials, but they are grown as biennial plants. That is much easier and they flower more profusely. This mixture produces flowers in delightful pastel shades, in which soft red and light yellow predominate. Excelsior Icelandic Poppies are very beautiful in groups in beds and borders. They are also good cut flowers.
Early sowing (annual): February-March in seedbed under glass. Plant out in April or May. Late sowing (biennial): Mid-July to mid-August in a seedbed and transplant in autumn. Cut off flowers at bud stage.
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These poppies are actually North American perennials, but they are grown as biennial plants. That is much easier and they flower more profusely. This mixture produces flowers in delightful pastel shades, in which soft red and light yellow predominate. Excelsior Icelandic Poppies are very beautiful in groups in beds and borders. They are also good cut flowers.
Early sowing (annual): February-March in seedbed under glass. Plant out in April or May. Late sowing (biennial): Mid-July to mid-August in a seedbed and transplant in autumn. Cut off flowers at bud stage.