‘Mexican Tulip Poppy’ Heirloom Butterfly Flower Seeds

Poppy - Mexican Tulip Hunnemannia fumarifolia Perennial - Also called Giant Golden Cups, these aristocratic poppy-like flowers grow 1.5 - 2' tall with upright, elegantly cut, silver-green foliage. Their straight stems are crowned with delicate 3" cups that glisten in the sun and resemble satiny lemon-yellow tulips. They are handsome cut flowers that are long lasting in fresh flower arrangements. Mexican Tulip poppies are perfect planted in groups or drifts where their eye-catching silky yellow flowers provide pools of arresting bloom. Soil & Water: Sow seeds directly into a finely textured, well-drained garden bed in full sun as early in spring as the ground can be worked.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Hunnemannia fumarifolia
• Plant type: Perennial
• Growth habit: Upright
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Perennial - Also called Giant Golden Cups, these aristocratic poppy-like flowers grow 1.5 - 2' tall with upright, elegantly cut, silver-green foliage.
• Recorded feature: Does Not Require Support
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/2"
• Germination: 10-14 Days
• Height At Maturity: 1-1/2 to 2 feet
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 10"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for ‘Mexican Tulip Poppy’ Heirloom Butterfly Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place ‘Mexican Tulip Poppy’ Heirloom Butterfly Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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