Organic Yellow Horned-Poppy Seeds (Glaucium Flavum)
1.14 €
Yellow Horned-poppy is a distinctive seaside plant with silvery grey leaves and large, bright yellow flower that develops into long, sickle shaped seed pods which look a little like horns. Flowering occurs from June to late September.
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Organic Yellow Horned-Poppy (Glaucium Flavum)
Yellow Horned-poppy is a distinctive seaside plant with silvery grey leaves and large, bright yellow flower that develops into long, sickle shaped seed pods which look a little like horns. Flowering occurs from June to late September.
This short-lived coastal perennial is characteristic of shingle banks and stony beaches but can also be found on soft cliffs and the bare tops of chalk cliffs. Yellow Horned-poppy is relatively common around the southern half Britain but is absent or rare in northeast England and most of Scotland. The flowers are pollinated by a range of insects but are particularly to bees.
How to grow
Yellow Horned Poppy seeds should be sown in autumn, outside, where they are to flower or in seed trays and covered lightly with compost. Seed trays should be left outside over winter in a cold frame or covered with a sheet of glass. Germination of Yellow Horned Poppy seeds will normally take place the following spring. The seedlings can then be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year