Macleaya cordata

WHITE PLUME POPPY

Macleaya cordata
WHITE PLUME POPPY

Creamy smoky plumes of finest flowers to 1.5m. in summer make Macleaya cordata an excellent background plant.
Though it is chiefly valued for it’s handsome, large, grey-blue-green, lobed leaves.

Creamy smoke and grey-blue-green foliage

So flowers and foliage combine to really make a statement as a background plant for summer display.
And it makes a showy cut flower for a large vase, where its smoky fineness is the perfect foil for bolder flowers.

Macleaya cordata is commonly known as the White Plume Poppy, probably because the attractive foliage does look a little poppy-like. But a poppy it ain’t, though plume it does.

Indestructibly tough

Plume Poppy is invaluable in gardens with tough conditions, and limited water.
It does sucker in good going – so do put it in a tougher spot to slow it down, or contain it.
It certainly makes an impressive, and indestructibly tough specimen in a large tub.

Tough, easy grower, & low maintenance

Plant Macleaya cordata in Full Sun to Part Shade. Frost hardy.
Very tolerant of a wide range of soils, from sandy to clay.
Dry & frost hardy, and able to resist drought.

1.5-1.8m H x 45cm W.

SEED SOWING ADVICE: QUICK & EASY 

Can be scattered in garden during autumn, winter or early spring, as seeds need some cold before emerging in spring / or can be sown indoors at any time.

Indoors: Sow seeds in punnets on surface of good quality seed raising mix. Press gently, don’t cover. Seeds need light to germinate.

Keep moist in 18-22°C well-lit position.

Seeds germinate in 14-28 days approx.

If they do not show, then they need some chilling to break their dormancy.
So wrap moist, sown punnet in cling wrap & place in fridge (not freezer) for 4-6 weeks to mimic winter chilling.
Remove from fridge, unwrap punnet & return to 18-22°C. in a well-lit position.

SEED COUNT: 30 seeds per pack approx.
(We always aim to exceed the stated seed count, and give a generous serve).