Dianna’s Purple Poppy (Papaver paeoniflorum), is a self-sowing annual grown from seed, perfect for summer wildflower meadows - and it’s deer proof. By mid-August the flowers will fade and the seeds will begin to ripen. Do not cut the flowers back, so that the seeds are allowed to dry completely before self-sowing. (The seeds should not be covered with soil.) Poppy seeds require a period of cold weather (which acts as a trigger for germination in the spring), so fall is the ideal time to sow poppy seeds.
