BLOOM TIME: Mid Summer - Fall
HARDINESS ZONE: 8 - 11 (and reseeds itself easily)
PLANT HEIGHT: 24 - 36" . . . PLANT SPACING: 6 - 9"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun . . . SOIL / WATER: Average - Dry
Prickly Poppies get their name from their unique prickly leaves and stems that are very different from traditional poppy foliage. Poppies attract bees, butterflies, and birds. The huge showy 2 - 4 inches blooms make them an excellent cut flower, and their unique looking seed pods are splendid in dried arrangements or for crafts. They are known in folk medicine as a mild sedative and analgesic.