How To Grow Poppies From Seed Outdoors. These annual and perennial flowering plants have striking similarities, but a surprising range of colours and growth habits. Plant the seeds as early in the spring as the soil can be worked.
Free shipping on qualified orders. Poppies require some light to germinate. To keep from disturbing the roots, use small scissors to clip off the unwanted seedlings instead of pulling them.
Most poppies self seed a little bit too so that once established they are carefree in the garden.
Poppies can thrive on a variety of soils unless it is clay rich and blocks the drainage, the best is to use humus rich, loamy potting mix. Poppies are frost tolerant and germinate best in cool weather and soil, sow your poppy seeds as early as the ground can be worked. Sow outdoors in the fall or winter. Poppies are one of the prettiest flowers to grow in a garden.