General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 8-12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Scarlet-red with white center
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Toxicity: Other: All parts of the plant are poisonous.
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 65ºF-70ºF
Days to germinate: 7 to 21 days
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow, cover with a thin layer of soil.
Other info: Direct sow after last frost.
Pollinators: Self
Bees

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Common names
  • Feathered Poppy
  • Fringed Poppy (Laciniatum Group)
  • Poppy
Also sold as:
  • Danebrog

Photo Gallery
Location: Tabby's Garden
Date: 2011-06-28
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-22
Feathered Poppy (Papaver somniferum 'Danish Flag'
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2019-05-20
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2013-07-09
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-07-14
Feathered Poppy (Papaver somniferum 'Danish Flag').

Date: 2013-08-09

Date: 2013-06-15
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2007
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-22
Feathered Poppy (Papaver somniferum 'Danish Flag' with bees
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2021-07-14
Feathered Poppy (Papaver somniferum 'Danish Flag').
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2013-07-09

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
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Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Concord, NC zone 7
Date: 2016-03-07
Wintersown seedlings.  This is a new cultivar for me this year.
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2013-07-09

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
  • Uploaded by Joy
Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On February 2, 2019 Seeds germinated
Seeing activity in the 2 center pots that had a milk jug balanced over them.
MrsBinWY On January 19, 2019 Seeds sown
6 pots of 5 groups in cold sun room
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