Papaver rhoeas
Description
Papaver rhoeas, Field Poppy, Common Poppy
Annual, Ht. up to 80cm, spread 20cm. Large scarlet flowers with black stamen. Toothed & lobed green leaves.
Want to know more? For hardiness, soil types, planting location and growing advice, please see our Jekkapedia entry.
For information on growing herbs from seeds please see Jekka’s video on how to sow seeds, Jekka’s blog or our FAQs page.
Available as
Field Poppy herb seeds are available: A packet of seeds costs £2.50. There are approximately 1000 herb seeds per packet (all of our herb seeds are untreated and can be used to grow organic herb plants).
Also available in: Jekka’s Biodiversity Seed Collection, Jekka’s Grow Native Seed Collection.
Field Poppy herb plants are available: A 2 Litre herb plant costs £8.50.
For herb plants, please see our Looking Good List for availability. You can organise a Farm Collection, collect at one of our Open Days or during a Herb Experience. Please use our online webform or email your list directly to us ([email protected]). We no longer offer a general mail order service for our herb plants but we do offer a limited selection of Jekka’s Culinary Herb Boxes.
