Danish Flag Poppy

Enormous flowers reach 6″ across. Each is intricately crinkled and feathered or frilled, of unbelievably vivid scarlet. At the center of each is a snow-white Greek cross. The variety does indeed resemble the national flag of Denmark: a white cross on a scarlet field. Flowers attain a height of about 30″. Breathtaking in mass plantings!

• Annual
• Full Sun
• Sprouts in 14-21 Days
• Seed Depth: Surface Sow
• Ideal Temperature: 60-65 F
• Plant Spacing: 8-10″
• Frost Hardy: Yes
• Papaver somniferum

Direct sow in late fall, or in spring as soon as soil can be worked. Surface sow, just barely covering. Grows best in cool, early spring conditions in rich soil, with moderate moisture.