Yes. I have a deer resistant mix that contains them.

Cool! Keep us posted, please.

I am late to this thread but I wanted to reply because I have grown poppies for a long time.

There are dozens of separate species across several genera that are available to home gardeners. Most specific growing conditions vary a bit between species from different parts of the world.

That said, poppies require a cold period of several weeks before they will sprout. Many species also require direct sunlight before they will sprout so you cannot bury them at all.

In general I sow Shirley poppies and breadseed poppies every year in late winter (near Saint Valentines Day) and again a month later. This allows for one or the other to "take" depending on the weather.

Some kinds of poppies CANNOT be disturbed even a little bit because they will scream and cry and eventually just drop dead. Others will tolerate being moved/transplanted/interfered with but they really don't like it. This includes containers--if you move a container of poppies two feet over they may wilt. I've had it happen! In this regard they're unlike most other annuals.

My poppies like poorer soil, dry air, and cool conditions. A frost or two doesn't faze them. But heavy rains will destroy the seedlings before you even see them. Over my container poppies I keep a piece of plexiglass positioned a few feet so that they stay dry but still have air circulation. It can't be a dome/greenhouse over them because that makes it too moist.

I am sure I left something out. Feel free to ask me. I love poppies. Attached are pictures of some of mine from whom I save seed.

for sharing that info and photos of your beautiful poppies with us and to NGA @Jai_Ganesha. We'd love to see more photos in the coming months.

You are very welcome!

I love poppies. Currently I live in Pennsylvania but I used to live in Kentucky where it was much hotter and it was always a challenge to grow poppies.

I used to water them with ice cubes in order to keep them cool so that they would bloom. If your springtime temperatures reach above 70 or 75 that is likely too hot for poppies. They need the sun but cool temperatures and in a lot of the country that is difficult to achieve unless you baby them with ice cubes. Here in Pennsylvania they are easier to grow, but not by much!

Beautiful poppies
Great to see photos of flowers now when everything is so white and cold , gives hope for spring

Thank you. I love poppies. It's only 12-14 weeks before you can start planting them! Think of it that way!

Jai_Ganesha said:Thank you. I love poppies. It's only 12-14 weeks before you can start planting them! Think of it that way! :)

Unless you live in the south....
Poppies are already up at my house....
Still have more seed to plant.... Sure glad that it finally started raining, running the sprinkler on the poppy seed wasn't much fun.

Jai_Ganesha said:
I love poppies. Currently I live in Pennsylvania but I used to live in Kentucky where it was much hotter and it was always a challenge to grow poppies.

I used to water them with ice cubes in order to keep them cool so that they would bloom. If your springtime temperatures reach above 70 or 75 that is likely too hot for poppies. They need the sun but cool temperatures and in a lot of the country that is difficult to achieve unless you baby them with ice cubes. Here in Pennsylvania they are easier to grow, but not by much!

Surprised that you are having difficulty growing annual poppies.
Maybe you aren't planting them early enough?

Some people insist that they scatter the seed in the snow.

Also.... At my house, they want very rich soil, like you were planting lettuce.
People that complain that their poppies fail to self-sow, generally are trying to grow them in soil that is too poor.

Incidentally, down here..... Most years, temp goes from frost to ninety in the same week.... So.... Spring planting doesn't work.... And we can't grow the perennial varieties....

I don't have problems in Pennsylvania. I had problems with them in western Kentucky where our spring times could go from -10 to 80 in the space of the week.

Just sowed red Flanders, lavender, and white poppy seeds along with my wildflower seed mix. I probably should have sown them in fall along with the bluebonnets.

My grandparents had lots of California poppies in their yard. They wouldn't pop up until late spring, early summer. I bought some California poppies, but I haven't planted them yet. I hope yours take off soon!

These are what California Poppies look like

Do poppy seeds grow in coffee grounds??

I love poppies, and am a big fan of history.
I grow poppies as a remembrance of those who served and died during WWI. I received Papaver rhoeas poppy seeds from the National World War One Memorial Committee [Washington DC] last year and promised to plant them.
Over the years I have planted poppies in the vegetable garden, which is plowed down each year. Luckily when they re-seed there, they bloom before I need to work up the plot, so I get to enjoy them twice.

Due to the unusual rainfall we're getting.... Drought is the norm...
I'm still getting great flowers on the poppies... started march 31... still blooming as of this morning may11!



Incidentally...
to sow these beauties...
last Autumn... I spread horse poop on top of unworked sand... scattered seed and walked away...