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The Story
Grow your own field of poppies with our red poppy seeds (Papaver rhoeas), produced exclusively for the Memorial Shop by Mr Fothergill's Seeds.
The product:
- Packet includes 560 seeds (average).
- Estimated flowering time of 20 weeks.
- Best sown during Autumn.
- Directions:
- Direct sow 5mm into garden beds or large containers and space 20cm apart.
- Protect young seedlings from snails.
- Pinch out the early buds to encourage good strong clumps
- Packet measures 10.1 cm (h) x 6.9 cm (w) x 0.2 cm (d).
- Exclusive to the Memorial Shop.
The story:
During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Today, the red poppy is a symbol of commemoration.
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Description
Grow your own field of poppies with our red poppy seeds (Papaver rhoeas), produced exclusively for the Memorial Shop by Mr Fothergill's Seeds.
The product:
- Packet includes 560 seeds (average).
- Estimated flowering time of 20 weeks.
- Best sown during Autumn.
- Directions:
- Direct sow 5mm into garden beds or large containers and space 20cm apart.
- Protect young seedlings from snails.
- Pinch out the early buds to encourage good strong clumps
- Packet measures 10.1 cm (h) x 6.9 cm (w) x 0.2 cm (d).
- Exclusive to the Memorial Shop.
The story:
During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Today, the red poppy is a symbol of commemoration.
