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The Poppy Iceland Nudicale Blend, 'Papaver nucicaule', has dainty, graceful bright colored flowers on 15 inch slender, leafless stems. No flower is quite as dramatic as the Iceland Poppy when the sun shines through the petals. The Iceland Poppy has 3 inch flowers in colors of orange, red, pink, rose, yellow, cream, and white. The Iceland blooms in the cool weather of spring for 2 to 3 weeks.The Nudicale Blend Poppy prefers full sun and they must have well drained soil. It is fairly drought tolerant, so do not overwater. Sow this poppy in early fall in mild climates and plant in very early spring in cooler climates. Successive plantings every 20 25 days apart will produce blooms all growing season. The Iceland Poppy makes great cut flowers.
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