Shirley Poppy Angel's Choir Flower Seeds

Poppy (Shirley) - Angel's Choir Papaver rhoeas Annual - his award-winning combination of silken-petaled, double poppies features shimmering watercolor shades including cream, apricot, peach, coral, lavender, pink and bi-colors and picotees. It took breeders years of selection to develop these absolutely magical forms and lustrous soft colors. Angel's Choir poppies are distinctive in the garden as the blossoms sway gracefully on nodding 3' tall stems above frothy gray-green foliage. These easy-to-grow and irresistible flower are the perfect way to welcome the joys of spring.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Papaver rhoeas
• Plant type: Annual
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Annual - his award-winning combination of silken-petaled, double poppies features shimmering watercolor shades including cream, apricot, peach, coral, lavender, pink and bi-colors and picotees.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: barely cover
• Germination: 7-21 Days
• Height At Maturity: 2-3 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 6-8"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Shirley Poppy Angel's Choir Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Soil & Water: Sow seeds directly into a finely textured seedbed in full sun as early in spring as ground can be worked.

Place Shirley Poppy Angel's Choir Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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