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Icelandic poppies
Have you ever tried to grow these? I was given some seeds from a gardening friend of mine and this is what I got.
Here's how I did it.
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In the early spring, sprinkle the seeds in the garden bed you want them to grow in.
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Leave them on top of the ground and they will germinate.
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When they germinate it will look like tiny lettuce coming up
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They will bloom in early July
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If you want to harvest the seeds, leave the flower head on until it dries out
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When it is ready to dry out the seed head will look like a teapot with holes around the top.
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I put these seed heads in a plastic bag and turn it upside down and save the seeds.
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Although this plant is an annual it will easily self seed itself and come back up the next year.
Why I love these flowers: The seeds I have are double poppies and they remind me of a peony.
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