PoppyEmporium Adds Twenty New Poppy Varieties

Jan. 4, 2012 - PRLog -- PoppyEmporium is proud to announce the addition of 20 new Papaver somniferum Poppy Strains, extending it’s varieties to include the exotic Black Beauty, Mauve Form, Pink Flamingo, American Flag Poppy and many more. Poppy enthusiasts around the world will be able to choose from a newly extended list of poppy seeds on poppyemporium.

Poppy authority and video producers, poppyemporium dot com now offers more poppy varieties than before. Gardeners can now choose from over 25 varieties of Papaver somniferum and variety paeoniflorum to produce the exotic poppy blossoms loved world over.

The newly added varieties include the dramatic Drama Queen poppy, the stunning American Flag Poppy (all red, white and blue), the productive, purply Rye Beaner(lavender and purple petals), the majestic White Persian Poppy(the Peace Poppy), the delicate Mauve Form9lovely soft pink petals), the bodacious Hot Pink Poppy(this one is hot!), the pretty Coral Poppy (rare), the famous Oriental Red and many more.
These new poppy seed addition are on top of poppyemporium’s seed selection of Super Colossus, mixed Afghani, Red Bombast and the productive Pink Peony.

Papaver somniferum poppies, also known as breadseed poppies or florist poppies are easy to grow. And very rewarding. Nothing compares to a poppy for bright color and flare in the garden.

Breadseeds are excellent for baking. Most of poppyemporium’s poppy varieties make breadseeds, a great source of nutrients. They add a sweet, nutty flavor to your breads and dressing.

Poppies, at all their stages, are valuable ornamentals. When growing, their leaves and buds are big, sage green and bountiful. Of course, poppy blossoms, even though there’s often only 4 or 5 petals, are large, brightly colored and impressive. Then when the petals fall off, the pod will continue to grow to 3-4 times their size. The Super Colossus pod can get as big as your fist! The Hot Pink pod looks like a miniature pumpkin. The American Flag pod looks like a pagoda. You can dry the pods for their ornamental value in florist arrangements.

Bees LOVE poppies! They will be too busy swarming your poppy blossoms to swarm you. Poppies are loaded with pollen. Sometimes the bees get too heavy with pollen to fly. When planting poppies, you’ll be providing important food for important pollinators.

Best of all, poppies are easy to grow. Just sow them on top of the soil, gently work in with hand rake, water and watch them grow from a sprout to 4-7’ high poppies. You won’t see any bugs bothering them either...can’t say that about many plants.
Once they’ve grown for a few weeks with consistent watering, they’re pretty drought resistant. They’ll self seed so next year’s planting is taken care of.
Really, your biggest job is thinning the productive sprouters.

All of poppyemporium’s poppies are organically grown, no pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. If even a tiny spot of mold shows up (in really wet climes only), it is hand removed without the used of toxic chemicals.

Poppyemporium also adds the bonus of free poppy seeds with each order. And they guarantee the highest seed count online.

For more information on how to grow poppies (full video support), or seed varieties, please visit http://poppyemporium.com

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