How to Sow Breadseed Poppies, Why to Grow Poppies for Cut Flowers + Favorite Poppy Varieties

[@suekrebs3497]

I want you to know how much I love your videos. I always learn something even though I have been gardening a long time. Yesterday I rewatched your February 2021 video on grow lights because I'm running out of room on my 2 purchased grow light stands. Also, I recently brought up a pot of 3 amaryllis that had been outside last summer until it was put into the basement and it burst into giant blooms in a short time. Thank you and enjoy the weekend!

[@katherinecornette5315]

I did some winter sown poppies (zone 7b) this year so I’m hoping to have a great show in May. Love these varieties!

[@xipleadthe5th]

I’m in the same zone… how did they turn out?

[@katherinecornette5315]

@@xipleadthe5th not as many or as large as the person I bought the seed from but for my first year it was awesome to see poppies and larkspur in my spring garden. If you follow Brie the Plant Lady, she will show how & when to do it

[@johndoeyedoe]

Lovely garden bed. Most people fail before they begin by not having such lovely soil prepared.

[@Sables123]

All your flowers put me in awe! Love watching your videos. Sure gets me through the winter months.

[@thomasonmike7170]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the family and the weather over there?????

[@Betty-qd8st]

I planted so many poppies this year. I can’t wait for the show. I just scatter the seeds and they take care of the rest.

[@itsmewende]

I love those poppies, I grew frosted salmon last yr, among others. After one had gone to seed, not sure which, the sides fell off leaving the skeleton, it's the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[@marymurphy4825]

Hi Danielle, your cut flower arrangements in this video are amazing, I love the use of poppy seed heads in the bouquets, it really does add another layer of interest. 😲great idea!!! I am looking forward to seeing all the beautiful varieties of poppies in bloom that you just seeded. I can't wait!! that salmon bread seed poppy is gorgeous!! 😍

[@GardenDoodles]

Those look beautiful! Poppies are so hard to grow for us but we will keep trying.

[@jessicamcleanGG]

Thanks girl!

[@johndoeyedoe]

Your planting technique is the same as mine. 😮 Lovely poppies, I love black swan. 😻

[@amyjones2490]

I just love your bouquets. So beautiful!

[@maryschlotter108]

I love poppies but have never grown them. I hope I’ll be able to find some seeds! I better get started asap . Thank you for always sharing your knowledge of growing and sewing flowers!

[@bohemiangardensandgourdfar8812]

Thanks for inspiring me to go ahead and get mine done today.

[@SharkSandwich451]

"Don't mind me, I'm helping." - Grace

[@michaelh7506]

Hello, I just joined your channel last night, I'm retired and just started my journey growing plants my neighbor who lives behind me helped me. Last summer she gave me a Dalah tuber its in the garage don't know what it looks like. I had 3 planters of snapdragons before our below-zero weather last year. I brought them into the garage they were still green and growing. 2 pots died I think they are crispy green. One needed light so I brought 2 sets of grow lights, I see new growth yea. I have one snapdragon it's about 1.5 feet from the house it has so far survived the winter and has little green leaves. And this Christmas my neighbor gave me an Amaryllis its on its second bloom. soon I will be starting my tomatoes, and flowers, Oh I'm in zone 6 along the shores of lake erie im about 3 miles from the lake.

[@gracieshomeandgardens5089]

I did the same thing for my poppies last year. I just bought more poppy seeds today after watching ur video..😊

[@teresataylor8267]

I had never heard of this Poppy but what a great variety. Thanks for your introduction to this variety.

[@jayadama1301]

Poppies we love

[@krisyallowega5487]

Poppy can really "set off" a garden; although I still don't appreciate the seed pods in cut flower arrangements yet. My volunteer poppies are just starting to bloom. There must have been seeds in whatever soil or mulch that we purchased a long time ago. They look out of place in the pebble/rock border along my path. Maybe this year I will save the seed pods and grow more. I have had little luck in seed saving/propagating but who knows? This maybe the plant that works.

[@rachelstark2391]

Greetings, It appears you mixed the seeds. How do you know what to thin? Cheers, Upstate NY

[@leslienichols5268]

Thanks for "taking us along"!

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Such awesome video! I love them ! With such small seeds , and look how beautiful the flowers are .. incredible!

[@suebar5177]

Lol…..Grace was like “mommy, who you talking to….”

[@purnimabhatt5355]

Your admirer from California and I learn to appreciate so many new varieties from your show and always looking forward for new upload. Thanks for your knowledge .💖🤗

[@RG-nv8nc]

Very nice! I'm going to sow mine in a few days! Sowing Shirley poppies for the first time.

[@persephonespomegranate]

Trying for the first time this year, myself! Pom Pom style, pale lilac variety. Love to garden but can’t say I’m a natural by any stretch 😂 so wishing us both luck!!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Are those annual poppies? I want to try and start some perennial poppies. ❄️💚🙃

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Danielle! ❄️💚🙃

[@RG-nv8nc]

@@judymckerrow6720 Double poppy is hardy to zone 3 acc to Google. Shirley is annual.

[@shawnsg]

Lol at the beginning the dog looks around like, "who's she talking to?"

[@diannmurphy5325]

I grew all those varieties last year, they are gorgeous. Took my breath away!

[@2000disneyland]

You’ve inspired me to plant poppies!

[@thomasonmike7170]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the family and the weather over there?????

[@hercottagegarden]

Your bouquets are so beautiful. You encourage and motivate me. 😊

[@casadeoroseniorapartment-ly3is]

Thank you for this video. You are such an encourager. Blessings!

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I'm going to be sowing breadseed poppies for the first time this year! Super excited about them! I have pink peony & black swan!

[@marybutz7687]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I never knew there were so many different poppies. 😊

[@pippenf.5111]

I just love your flower arrangements! They're gorgeous.

[@hotrodmom86]

I'm going to try Danish Flag poppy this year. I like these bread seed poppies too. Can't wait to see them!💮🌺

[@carolrose4784]

I love all poppies and have winter sowed some. Thanks for your video. Always enjoy and learn from you.

[@thomasonmike7170]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the family and the weather over there?????

[@petpawteek8776]

Man, that lilac Pom Pom did horribly in my garden last year. 😢 They grew great but when rain hit the blossoms (even when the buds were just cracking) they would turn to mush and display black spots. My supreme poppies didn’t have the same problem so I was happy to have planted the two varieties. Here in the South, we have to direct seed in early winter to get them to flower before the heat sets in so I have some sweet little plants standing about 2” tall now. 😊 I’m quickly becoming obsessed!

[@judyrobinson2282]

These look GORGEOUS! Do you have any pest pressure when they are first seeded? One of my packages did fine and look great. The second one I sowed completely disappeared after germination. Assuming it was birds/squirrels or? I even covered with frost cloth thinking that would prevent that but sadly no. Any advice?

[@debrabray8855]

Can you please help with identification of the seedlings at different stages of growth? I'm still trying to determine what is weeds and what is flowers. Thanks!

[@ncallick4226]

@debra bray check out Brie the Plant Lady on KZbin. She has a few videos identifying poppies, Larkspur and other seedlings

[@Simplyfarmhouse7]

I look so forward to your videos! Those poppies are beautiful, I need to add some to my garden. Danielle, I love your 3 wood chairs behind you in this video, I thought how pretty they would be if you painted them ~ just a thought! Blessings, can't wait to see all your garden tours and all the updates you have done.

[@Flanuora]

Thank you, now I understand what went wrong last year. Inconsistent watering. I will try the poppies again!

[@ChrissannG]

Hi, thanks for the helpful video! Planning to grow my first three poppy varieties this year (sow in Feb in 7a). Do you have any rodent or bird pressure on the seeds? I'm tempted to cover them to keep our very abundant wildlife out...what's your recommendation? Thanks so much! :)

[@truthbetold2611]

The way you thin them out by cutting them away--is it because poppies don't transplant well? Please give us a link to the watering can you use. Thank you.

[@patternandcraft]

So I see the pods open as they mature, if you want to use them for fresh arrangements I assume you pick green and unopened, but what about for dried arrangements or use in wreaths etc- do you let them mature and open and dry on the plant and dump out the seeds, or pick green and dry them so the openings don’t form so seeds don’t ever come out and get everywhere (I hear the seeds can keep coming out of the ripe open pods and as they dry more & more come out), or would they just rot if you did that? I guess just wondering what stage to pick pods if you want to use them dried.

[@lizzadeng1797]

Hello-Is March a good time to do this in a zone 7b? Thank you!

[@michelleclanin6251]

This is so helpful thank you for all the great videos!!

[@sandrasherer8779]

My poppy's germinate and then the tender seedlings just die even when I water them😢

[@arielmcgillacuddy6640]

Do your poppies need to be winter stratified? I am in NH and I have mine all out in milk jugs for winter sowing.

[@deborahburgart561]

Omg!!!! How beautiful!!!! I am a HUGE poppy lover as well!!! I'm in NC Zone 8a. Can I direct seed poppies now or should I have in the Fall? Thanks Danielle!!

[@InnaTrofimenko-m8m]

Hello, I’m about to plant breadseed poppies for the first time. I don’t have much growing space available though, and I was wondering, is it okay to plant them at the base or close to fruit and cedar trees?

[@Echo3_]

I’m in wv near southern PA I been fridging my seeds do you think it’s too late now? To sow

[@thegonzalezs4953]

If I sow them now outside in zone 6 , are they gonna be ok if the soil freeze ?. I haven’t never grown them . Or any poppy’s

[@pfurr281]

You gave me a great idea I love poppies but can't grow them but I believe now I can this looks so easy,when they come up is that when you move them?

[@margaritagoetter5169]

I love oriental poppy flowers, thank you for all the information is very helpful! Can you please tell me where do you get your seeds? I’ll love to get the purple one and the pink, they are gorgeous! And are those perennials? Thank you.

[@emkn1479]

Good to know I still have time. I usually sow them in fall/winter but we had a dry spell and I lost the little seedlings ☹️

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I haven't spread my poppy seeds yet but plan to in the next week or two. As long as I don't see any self seeders sprouting, I know I have time.

[@ruthnarendran8775]

Is it no too early to plant poppies?

[@janethurlbrink4753]

Are poppies deer resistant?

[@farmgirl9786]

Could you show a birdseye view of your gardens? Would be great!

[@emanuelad3534]

Beautiful, when do u expect them to bloom? Thank u

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

When planted at this time they bloom in June. I have tried a later planting and had them bloom in July. However, it’s so hot and humid here in July that they faded the same day they bloomed.

[@emanuelad3534]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens thank you very much. Please show uș from time to time the progres of ur poppies. I will sow mine tomorrow and as we are zone 7 , i really hope I will have poppies too🥰🥰🥰

[@kathymcbride7074]

I love the trellis you have in the corner of the bed, where did you purchase that? I just sowed poppies for the first time. I did not rough up the soil it was a bit wet. Hoping they work out. I am tryin it 3 ways, directly in the garden, winter sowing in jugs and I will put some in flats under lights in the house. The winter sowing in jugs have sprouted. I love all the information you share!

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

Can you explain how and when to harvest the poppy pods? Like right after petals fall off? Wait til they dry? Is it different if wanting to use green in an arrangement vs. dried? How about seed saving info?

[@simpledesignprops4133]

Thank you, this was very helpful. I'm gonna try poppies again this year... The third time's the charm, right!?

[@thomasonmike7170]

Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today? And how is the family and the weather over there?????

[@soniab4811]

Please update us on your cold hardy annuals.

[@FSplants]

I grow many types of poppies and have some huge ones that I couldn't identify, thank you, now I know they're Breadseed Poppies. I just watched your September garden tour, is that the area that's behind you in this poppy video?

[@88jameson88]

Are the opium poppies ?

[@cottagecreekfarm3800]

Thank you for this video! Now I want to grow these. I’m in zone 5 . Upstate NY . When would you say I should plant my seeds outside here?

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Anytime in late winter or early spring is great! I usually shoot for 8 weeks before the last frost.

[@Sunny_Now_and_Then]

How do you keep your dog out of all that lovely fresh soil?? My Jack Russell would be all over that - there would be no soil left in the raised bed at all.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I taught my golden retrievers to stay out of garden beds by simply telling them an angry no when they stepped into a bed. They stay out of all beds now and they are 2-1/2. Not so much when they were younger.

[@karenschwartz5209]

Thank you very much!

[@anniewanttobe]

dont they need cold stratification before sowing? i just bought some and it says that on the package. i tried sowing them last year but absolutely nothing came out of it

[@bettyisbell1749]

What brand of seeds do you use?

[@hanna7644]

Thanks, so helpful!

[@joannalewis4391]

I am wondering about weather and watering. There is no worry about cold or snow for these seeds/seedlings, right? As for keeping them evenly moist, do you find that you sprinkle them with water every day if there is no rain? I am also in zone 6 but in New Jersey. Last year I tried poppies (very casually😅) by just throwing the seeds out on the soil in January. I had limited to fair success, so I'd like to get it right this year. Thanks!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi Joanna! Yes no worries about snow and it being cold. We are in the low 20s some nights and it snows sometimes in march here. I usually look at the soil. It the top of the soil looks dry I water that day.

[@tarar6926]

Thank you for this! Do you have much trouble with birds, squirrels, etc? I want to direct sow but I'm afraid they will all be eaten!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi friend! A layer of frost cloth over the planting area should help with that!

[@tarar6926]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens Thank you!

[@nelliesfarm8473]

The only way ive had any luck growing any poppy varities is by adding sand to the soil. Also, i cover the beds in chicken wire to keep out critters who eat the seeds before they can germimate. Im in rural n.e..alabama on 55 acres

[@Gloriusblooms]

So these flowers are “cool flowers” and planted into the garden before the last frost date? 😮

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Yes!

[@vickeypierce293]

Do you buy your seeds locally or do you order? Where did you get these?

[@Myfirstgarden]

I heavenly seeded some bread poppy’s in a raised bed too and now am scared to thin as I don’t want to waste them since a lot have germinated. Welp!😅

[@danielg7505]

When will these poppys be ready for you to cut?

[@RockinRavenVA]

Do you buy your poppy seeds locally? I'd like to try them here in Northern VA. Thanks!

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi friend! I buy most of mine from Baker Creek.

[@emkn1479]

In PA I’ve seen a couple common varieties at Walmart and Rural King, maybe even check Lowe’s, etc. Nothing fancy like Baker Creek has though 👀 Theirs are gorgeous!

[@RockinRavenVA]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens Thank you! Will check them out.

[@RockinRavenVA]

@@emkn1479 Good to know - thank you so much!

[@gardentherapySOS]

Danielle, I'm wondering if the breadseed poppy seeds are true to the mother plant? I just purchased some and am hoping to collect seeds for next year but don't know if they are open pollinated or a hybrid. TIA!

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I have found they will change if pollinated with other varieties, BUT, those changed versions are sooooooo cool.

[@debbismirnoff1424]

I went to order Breadseed poppies and it said “opium” which I thought was illegal to grow?

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi Debbie! It is legal to grow Papaver somniferum in the United States for garden and seed production purposes; it is illegal to manufacture opium from the poppies.

[@CristalMermaid]

I tried sprinkling them on top of my soil during late fall and not even one of them germinated 😭. I live in zone 9B so I think I’m a little late to start again. I was thinking about growing them in flats this fall and transplant them later. Do you have any experience growing them like that?

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi! Yes. I did that with the Hungarian blue poppies a few years ago. They transplanted well and bloomed. I thought they were slightly weaker than directly sown breadseed poppies, but it definitely worked!

[@CristalMermaid]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens that’s great to know 👍 thanks

[@c.s.1227]

You could try winter sowing method also. I’ve seen people have good success that way.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I'm zone 8b and haven't scattered any seeds yet.

[@suegoetz1221]

Grace, move!

[@rosemownow]

Where do you get your seed?

[@fruithillflowers]

They look like Baker Creek seed packets.

[@rosemownow]

@@fruithillflowers Thanks!

[@flowerfarmarts]

I wonder if you have had any luck with your poppies coming back the following year and blooming a second time for you? I covered my poppies that I sowed last year, many of the same varieties that you mentioned, with a heavy layer of leaf mulch for the winter and will see if they do come back this year. Please let me know what you think about this method.

[@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens]

Hi friend! I have always cut mine and then pulled the plants. However, I did read an article about them returning in warmer climates. I can’t recall the exact source, but it was a university article.

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

I get so many self seeders, even though my climate is not warm enough for them to come back.

[@flowerfarmarts]

@@NorthlawnFlowerFarmandGardens thank you Danielle! I'm in zone 7b, and sometimes the plants will self-seed and I'll be pleasantly surprised the next spring!

[@flowerfarmarts]

@@EvelynM-vlogs I'm growing the Champagne Bubbles poppy this year, which can be transplanted according to the seed pack. In addition to those, I'm hoping some of the ones that I grew last year will return. I'm in zone 7b and have pretty good luck with things returning if I give them a nice layer of mulch for the winter. Do you have poppies that self seeded and rebloomed?

[@EvelynM-vlogs]

@@flowerfarmarts Yes I do. The Flanders poppies self seed everywhere as do the Lavender peony poppies and a hybrid between the two. I grow poppies for the pods so I am not overly interested in trying others as these are so prolific.

[@laurieh9388]

Do you bread seed poppies reseed? Why wouldn't you want them too? Do your local garden centers have the different varieties you have?

[@mikefamily12]

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[@LilChefKimi]

💜

[@upgrayeddnotsure9994]

Glorious , I don't like the black one though .im not Elvira

[@mattg4836]

Have you ever planted poppy seeds from the grocery store?

[@t.8936]

This is what I want to do. I cannot get a straight answer if it's legal or not. I'm going to contact my local government office and ask them outright! Might as well go straight to the source!

[@mattg4836]

@@t.8936 it's legal as long as you aren't cultivating opium

[@dawndawn6946]

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[@lidiajimenez2728]

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[@LorriePrince]

Why do you call yourself a farm