poppy seeds flower Hutterite Breadseed Poppy

poppy seeds flower Hutterite Breadseed PoppySeed Savers Exchange received this gorgeous, easy to grow flower circa 2004 and suspects it is the same variety that Sandra Cumming of Alberta, Canada, wrote about in the 1982 Yearbook: This summer I hope to obtain poppies from a nearby Hutterite colony that have been handed down for many years and grown extensively each year for seeds. . . to bake an excellent poppy seed cake. Direct sow seeds as early in the spring as the soil can be worked. Poppies

Seed Savers Exchange received this gorgeous, easy-to-grow flower circa 2004 and suspects it is the same variety that Sandra Cumming of Alberta, Canada, wrote about in the 1982 Yearbook: “This summer I hope to obtain poppies from a nearby Hutterite colony that have been handed down for many years and grown extensively each year for seeds. . .to bake an excellent poppy-seed cake.”

Direct sow seeds as early in the spring as the soil can be worked. Poppies don’t transplant well. The seeds are quite small, so plant them in a row or broadcast them in a bed. The seeds need light to germinate, so sow on the surface and press gently into the soil.

• Direct sow in early spring
• Germination: 10–25 days.
• Plant in average but well-drained soil
• Light: Full sun
• Spacing: Thin to 6–12” apart