112 – 126 days. Oriental Mix poppy seeds promise one of the most brilliant and eye-catching blooms available to home gardeners. Oriental Mix poppy seeds grow up to 20 dazzling 8 – 10” cup-shaped blooms in a mix of orange, red, salmon and white. Oriental Mix poppy is a semi-dwarfed and convenient 16 – 24” tall mound and ideal for indoor planters, window boxes, or hanging baskets. Oriental Mix poppies are hardy, frost tolerant, and easy to grow from seed, ideal as a tidy yet refreshing trim along any stale flower bed or walkway. 500 seeds.
Growing Oriental Mix Poppy Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Papaver orientale
- Seed Type: Perennial
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Oriental Mix poppy seeds are frost tolerant and can be sown directly outdoors in either late fall or early spring. Oriental Mix poppy seeds have a wildflower growth habit and can be broadcasted similarly. Blend 1 part poppy seed to 5 parts sand to increase visibility during sowing and lightly rake and tamp. For earliest spring blooms, begin Oriental Mix poppy seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and transplant to either indoors or out.
- Days to Maturity: 112 – 126 days
- Hardiness Zone: 3 – 8
- Planting Depth: Lightly cover 2 – 3 seeds or broadcast directly
- Plant Spacing: 10”
- Growth Habit: 16 – 24” semi-dwarfed mound with 12 – 15” spread and 8 – 10” blooms
- Soil Preference: Organically rich, fertile, medium moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Although Oriental Mix poppy seeds thrive in many full-sun gardens, they will not perform well in high humidity and intense summer heat. Poppies are susceptible to root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis fungus in wet and poorly drained soils. Oriental poppies have no serious pests or diseases.
- Color: An intense bloom with a deeply set center in a mix of orange, red, salmon and white
Oriental Mix poppy seeds are frost tolerant and can be sown directly outdoors in either late fall or early spring. Oriental poppy seeds have a wildflower growth habit and can be broadcasted similarly. Blend 1 part poppy seed to 5 parts sand to increase visibility during sowing and lightly rake and tamp. For earliest spring blooms, begin Oriental Mix poppy seeds indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior and transplant to either indoors or out. Whether sowing indoors or out, lightly cover 2 – 3 Oriental Mix poppy seeds in organically rich, fertile, medium moisture, and well-drained soil in full sun, or broadcast the seed-sand mix directly. Although Oriental Mix poppy seeds thrive in many full-sun gardens, they will not perform well in high humidity and prolonged summer heat. Poppies are susceptible to root rot, powdery mildew, and botrytis fungus in wet and poorly drained soils. Oriental poppies have no serious pests or diseases. Oriental Mix poppy seeds mature in 112 – 126 days as 16 – 24” semi-dwarfed mounds with a 12 – 15” spread and up to 20 enormous 8 – 10” cup-shaped blooms in a mix of orange, red, salmon and white.
Papaver orientale, or the Oriental poppy, is native to northeastern Turkey and Iran and dry regions of Georgia and Azerbaijan's Caucasus mountains. Widespread crossing and hybridizing of the Papaver orientale during the 19th Century has lead to an abundance of colors and intensities available to the contemporary Oriental poppy gardener.
