40+ SEEDS...... CALLED POPPY HENS AND CHICKS OR POPPY HENS AND CHICKENS.....THESE ARE GROWN MORE FOR THE UNIQUE SEED PODS THAN THE ACTUAL FLOWER. AFTER THE POPPY FLOWER (PALE PINK TO PURPLE) FADES AND THE PETALS FALL, THE SEED POD IS LEFT. THE MAIN POD IS SURROUNDED BY MASSES OF SMALLER PODS GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF A MOTHER HEN AND CHICKS. THE SEED PODS DRY AND PRESERVE WELL AND ARE VERY POPULAR FOR USE IN DRIED ARRANGEMENTS. THIS POPPY PLANT GROWS TO ABOUT 24-36 INCHES HIGH. THE FOLIAGE IS UNIQUE FOR POPPIES, WITH BROAD LETTUCE-LIKE LEAVES. HENS AND CHICKS PODS ARE SOUGHT AFTER, BUT THE FLOWERS ARE LOVELY AS WELL. THEY ARE LARGE, SINGLE-PETALED AND USUALLY A PINK TO DEEP RED TO A LIGHT PURPLE. EASY TO GROW. LIKES FULL SUN OR PARTIAL SHADE AND DOES BEST IN POOR, WELL-DRAINED SOIL. CAN BE STARTED INDOORS IN WINTER TO BE TRANSPLANTED OUTDOORS IN SPRING.....OR CAN BE SOWN DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND OR CONTAINERS IN SPRING AND SUMMER.