1,000 Seeds, Poppy "Shirley Mixture" (Papaver rhoeas) Seeds By Seed Needs
by Seed Needs: Flowers
Buy new: $1.69
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Review & Description
The shirley poppy was created from 1880 onwards by the Reverend William Wilks, vicar of the parish of Shirley in England. Wilks found in a corner of his wildflower seed garden where it adjoined arable wildflower fields, a variant of the field poppy that had a narrow white border around the petals. By careful selection and hybridization over many years he obtained a strain of poppies ranging in colour from white and pale lilac to pink and red, and unlike the wild poppies these had no dark blotches at the base of the petals. Further wildflower poppy selection has given rise to semi-double and double forms, as well as flowers with a ring of contrasting colour around the edge: the picotee form. This poppy wild flower seed history was obtained from answers.com.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #444 in Lawn & Patio
- Color: Mixed
- Brand: Seed Needs: Flowers
Features
- Quality Poppy seeds packaged by "Seed Needs"
- Annual Flower that blooms until the Fall & then dies with the first frost
- Grows to a height of 12 to 24 inches tall
- Prefers an area of full sunlight
- Easy planting instructions printed on each Seed Needs packet along with a colorful picture of the plant.
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