The delicate crepe-like blooms contrast a plant of great hardiness.
Poppies require light to germinate so cover lightly.
The tips of the petals are of the palest blush pink, which intensifies down the petals from pink to light red to deep purple at the innermost center. This is one of the easiest, most vivid and cheerful flowers one can grow. It is an annual that reseeds prolifically. No garden can be without the unusual beauty of our oriental red poppy. The rich red single flowers have a half-moon at the petal base that is almost black.