Poppy Flanders Red

Known as the Anzac poppy, single scarlet-red flowers for remembrance. Sow in drifts to create an eye-catching border or harvest as a cut flower when half-open. Seedpods can be dried. Easy to grow, best sown directly into the garden.

These poppies grow wild in fields and alongside railway tracks all over England and much of Europe. “In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row”. From the poem by John McCrae.

Stratify: Chilling seeds in the fridge for 2-3 weeks prior to sowing will promote germination by breaking seed dormancy.

Surface Sow: Requires light to germinate. Sow seed on the surface. Press seed down into the soil.  Keep moist.