• A bee pollinating vibrant Hungarian Blue poppies
  • Cluster of Hungarian Blue poppies with a brick building backdrop
  • Close-up of Hungarian Blue poppy flowers with green foliage by a window
  • Hungarian Blue poppies planted in a large container against a brick wall
  • Hungarian Blue poppies attracting pollinators in a garden setting
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Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden

Poppy Hungarian Blue

£2.20
£2.20
Tax included.

A graceful and sophisticated deep violet poppy with large bowl-shaped blooms and strong stems  

Once the flowers are over, lovely large seed pods will follow which are perfect for adding interest to flower arrangements  

A hardy annual, these poppies can be sown April-May or August-September direct into a weed-free flowering site  Poppies do not like being transplanted so thin seedlings out as they germinate.  They like full sun and well-drained, poor soil. If the pods are left on the stems they will happily self-seed.   

Quantity of Seeds 500 Seeds
Type Annual
Genus Papaver Somniferum
Sow Seeds

Sow April-May or August-September.  Sow direct into a weed-free flowering site about 1cm deep.  Poppies do not like to be transplanted so allow them to germinate and then thin the seedlings out.  Likes full sun, moist, well-drained and poor soil
Plant Out Direct sown in April-May or August-September
Flowers Summer-early autumn
Height & Spread 90cm high x 15cm spread

 

Poppy Hungarian Blue

RHS Plants for Pollinators.

The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects.
    A bee pollinating vibrant Hungarian Blue poppies
    Cluster of Hungarian Blue poppies with a brick building backdrop
    Close-up of Hungarian Blue poppy flowers with green foliage by a window
    Hungarian Blue poppies planted in a large container against a brick wall
    Hungarian Blue poppies attracting pollinators in a garden setting