Afghan Blue Poppy (500+ seeds)

This gorgeous Izmir Afghan Blue (Afghan Pink x Turkish Blue) is a hybrid of our own creation. We crossed a high-yielding, early-maturing Izmir Afghan Pink Special poppy with a beautiful, massive Izmir Turkish Blue poppy. The results have been astounding! The flowers of this poppy are large and a beautiful deep purple colour.

**INDOOR GROWING DISCLAIMER**: We understand a lot more people are growing indoors these days. These Afghan seeds can be stubborn to germinate indoors, under artificial conditions. We cannot guarantee the same high germination rates when attempted anywhere other than direct sowing outdoors, in early spring.
It is recommended that you have some experience germinating different types of poppy seed indoors before advancing to these, in order to avoid costly mistakes and loss of grow time.

If germinating indoors, we suggest doing a small test with just a few seeds, to make sure your method and conditions works for them before sowing more. We give lots of extra seeds in each pack...Use them to test your germination method first.
We won't be able to replace these seeds this year for those who attempt to germinate indoors unsuccessfully, as we lost the majority of our Afghans, this season, to extreme weather conditions so the seeds are in very limited supply.

If germinating indoors and they're taking more than 10 days to sprout, there's some condition they don't like. Common issues are temperature, medium or lighting. When you get the conditions just right, they can germinate in under a week.
Direct sowing them outdoors, in early spring, is more reliable and productive, especially if you're new to growing poppies. 

This flower is very easy to grow outdoors. Simply sprinkle some seeds onto loose soil in late fall or early spring, begin watering, and in 6-7 weeks, without hardly any tending to at all, you will have the most beautiful garden that is sure to garner many compliments from friends, family and neighbours!

This variety generally grows to be 3-4 feet in height and has large flowers and has very dense, barrel-shaped pods filled with pink/white seeds. This poppy grows quickly and flowers in approximately 55 days.

Poppies are self-seeding, giving them the convenience of a perennial!

***INTERNATIONAL BUYERS*** We ship worldwide with a nearly 100% success rate, however, poppy seeds are not legal to import to all countries. Please check with your local customs agency regarding laws if you are unsure.

While it is extremely rare that we ever lose and order to customs, due to the way we ship our seeds, we must inform you that there is always the slight chance (>1%) that your order could be seized at the border. So far, Australia is the only country we've had this happen. We will attempt a re-ship, at no cost to you, upon viewing a copy of the seizure letter. 
To minimize customs issues and keep the shipping cost low, we only ship by standard International Lettermail. This is our preferred method as it does not require us to register the mail and declare it's contents, which greatly reduces the risk of it being seized at the border. We ship discreetly in a plain white, legal-sized envelope. It just looks like we've mailed you a letter. However, please be aware that standard Lettermail does not provide tracking. You will not receive a tracking number with your order. 
Furthermore, in Canada, our postal service does not provide international tracking services like most other developed countries. To send a tracked package outside of Canada we must ship with a third party carrier such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. and it is very expensive. It is generally between $75-$90 CAD for a single envelope and increases the risk of having the order seized by customs, as the mail must be registered. Within Canada, the cost to ship with tracking is approximately $15 and must be paid for by the customer. In our opinion, standard Lettermail is the safest, most economical option for everyone. 
***US RESIDENTS: There is a service provided by USPS called "Informed Delivery" that, if you sign up (it's free), they will email you greyscale images of your incoming lettermail a few days in advance. This can help you sort of track the whereabouts of your order and give you an idea of when it will arrive. Please visit: www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm to sign up and see if your address is eligible.

***At Okanagan Organics customer satisfaction is our #1 priority. If for any reason you are not fully satisfied with your experience with us, please, before leaving negative feedback, send us a message and we will do everything we can to resolve the matter quickly.

*All seeds we sell are intended for ornamental growing and culinary purposes only.