Growing Poppy In Your Organic Garden
Growing poppies in an organic garden is so easy. Poppies produce a beautiful flower, are resilient to most pests and diseases, and require very little water. In fact, once you’ve planted them, you can almost ignore them – but, you won’t because they’re so beautiful!
There are many varieties of the poppy plant, each with their own color. The Red Corn Poppy
There are varieties of the poppy that are illegal to grow, so stay away from them. These varieties are used to produce illegal drugs. They can generally be found with the word “opium” somewhere in their name.
Some poppies are perennials and others are annuals. Before planting, be sure of which variety you have.
Poppies like full sun/partial shade. They don’t need much water and they don’t like soil that’s always moist. So, grow your poppies in your organic garden with plants that have similar requirements. Water only occasionally.
Poppies are best grown from seeds. Plant the seeds directly into the soil after your last frost and try to avoid transplanting. Poppies don’t like to be handled.
Watch this video for some further tips on growing poppy seeds:
So, there you have it. Imagine all that color in your organic garden?! Give it a try.
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Hello ,yes I can use some help,,are the California poppy plants toxic ,,and some information about companion plants would be a great help ,what I\’m trying to do is make a garden border around my garden with poppy,zinnias,sunflowers and marigolds ..only see the poppy plants growing and anything around them tends to die out or have a stunted growth ,,thank you for any ideas ,,Bob in northern California
Robert,
California poppy plants are classified as non-toxic and are often sold in seed form mixed with a wide variety of different kinds of wild flowers. They grow easily and like plenty of sun…they should not be a problem for your other plants.
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