Poppies
Hens and Chickens

Coveted by florists for unusual seed heads. Silky pink petals splashed with purple. Excellent for cutting and drying.

About Hens and Chickens

(Papaver somniferum). Breadseed type poppy. Extraterrestrial and out of this world! The Hens and Chickens poppy is highly coveted by fine florists who use the unusual seed heads in arrangements. Named for its unusual habit of forming small clusters of smaller seed pods in a halo shape around the main seed pod, like a momma hen and her chicks. The fresh flowers are gorgeous in their own right, with silky pink petals splashed with purple. As the petals fall, the strikingly unusual form of the seed pods is fully revealed! Plants stand 2.5 to 3 feet tall on long slender stems, excellent for cutting and drying. Annual that easily self sows.