Supreme Poppy is a Shirley-type annual that truly lives up to its name. This Fleuroselect award winner grows almost three times larger than standard Shirley poppies, reaching 18 to 30 inches tall with blooms that command attention in any garden bed. The flowers arrive with striking picotee edging in magenta and cherry tones brushed with orange hues, attracting butterflies and bees throughout the 60 to 90-day growing season. Plant it in full sun and space plants 8 inches apart for maximum visual impact.
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Supreme Poppy produces the largest flowers in the Shirley poppy lineage, with distinctive picotee-edged petals that blend magenta, cherry, and orange into a warm, jewel-toned display. The plant's substantial size and prolific blooming habit transform it from a casual garden accent into a genuine focal point that draws pollinators and admiring glances alike. Its Fleuroselect recognition reflects decades of careful selection for superior bloom size and color intensity.
Supreme Poppy exists purely as an ornamental flower. Gardeners grow it for cut flowers that brighten indoor arrangements, for massed plantings in borders and beds that create dramatic color displays, and to support pollinators like bees and butterflies that visit the blooms throughout the season.
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Direct sow seeds in early spring as soon as soil can be worked, or in late summer for fall bloom. Scatter seeds directly where you want plants to grow, pressing them gently into the soil surface; poppies need light to germinate.
Cut flowers in the early morning when buds show color but petals have not fully unfurled; they will open fully in the vase. For longest vase life, harvest blooms that are just beginning to open. Deadhead spent flowers regularly to encourage continued blooming throughout the season.
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“Supreme Poppy belongs to the Shirley poppy family, which traces back to Papaver rhoeas, the common red poppy of European meadows and roadsides. The Shirley type emerged through careful selection for larger, double, and varied flowers, moving beyond the simple single red blooms of wild ancestors. Supreme represents the culmination of this breeding work, standing as the largest known cultivar within the species. Its Fleuroselect award marks its recognition as an exceptional ornamental variety worthy of preservation and propagation among gardeners seeking quality genetics.”