Flowering season     June-August

Height                           20-60cm

The most recognizable of all wild flowers.

Poppies will only grow year after year if the soil is cultivated  each year. It will not survive in a grass meadow. It is an annual.

Sown from seed packets.

These as annuals are best sown straight into the ground where they are to establish. Sow in spring or autumn. Create a light seedbed sow seed rake over ground and then consolidate the ground afterwards by walking on or rolling lightly.