PLUME POPPY PINK Macleaya microcarpa
SKU: 1214-5
Description
One of our favorite backdrop plants is now available with pink flowers! Plume Poppy forms towering spikes of large, blue-green foliage, topped by pink to salmon colored flowers. The blooms last well into winter! Stems are strong, never toppling. The plants are popular for flower arranging. Can be grown in sun or shade. They will slowly form large clumps, so do well in large areas or as a background plant.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-8
Height: 180-300cm, 70-117"
Location: Sun or shade
Seeds per pack: 5 Rare seeds
Germination: As with many perennial seeds, these seeds require a period of moist cold to help them break dormancy. This is done by giving them a cold 'winter' period (artificial or natural), and then a warming to simulate 'spring', and time to grow! Here's how this can be done:
Obtain a planting container that has holes in the bottom for excess water to drain. Place the seeds just under the surface of your growing medium, and water. Place your container in a cold area (but not freezing, perhaps a refrigerator) for 6 weeks. Once the cold period is completed, place the container at room temperature for them to germinate. Be sure to keep the soil moist during this entire germination period. Seedlings will sprout a few weeks, or occasionally several months, after the warming period.
Description
One of our favorite backdrop plants is now available with pink flowers! Plume Poppy forms towering spikes of large, blue-green foliage, topped by pink to salmon colored flowers. The blooms last well into winter! Stems are strong, never toppling. The plants are popular for flower arranging. Can be grown in sun or shade. They will slowly form large clumps, so do well in large areas or as a background plant.
Type: Hardy perennial
Hardiness zones: 3-8
Height: 180-300cm, 70-117"
Location: Sun or shade
Seeds per pack: 5 Rare seeds
Germination: As with many perennial seeds, these seeds require a period of moist cold to help them break dormancy. This is done by giving them a cold 'winter' period (artificial or natural), and then a warming to simulate 'spring', and time to grow! Here's how this can be done:
Obtain a planting container that has holes in the bottom for excess water to drain. Place the seeds just under the surface of your growing medium, and water. Place your container in a cold area (but not freezing, perhaps a refrigerator) for 6 weeks. Once the cold period is completed, place the container at room temperature for them to germinate. Be sure to keep the soil moist during this entire germination period. Seedlings will sprout a few weeks, or occasionally several months, after the warming period.
