Description
The Hens & Chicks Poppy has broad lettuce like leaves that differ from traditional poppy foliage. They get their name because their seed pods have 1 large center pod surrounded by many small seed pods. Poppies attract bees, butterflies, and birds.
NAME: Hens & Chicks Poppy
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Lettuce Leaf Poppy / Bread Seed Poppy
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Papaver Somniferum
COLOR: Deep Red - Light Purple (Pale pink, violet lavender, purple)
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
PLANT HEIGHT: 24 - 36"
PLANT SPACING: 12 - 15"
BLOOM TIME: Mid Summer - Late Fall
HARDINESS ZONE: N/A (but reseeds itself easily, so it acts like a perennial in all zones)
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 100 Seeds
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