Soft, smoky, and completely unforgettable, Papaver rhoeas ‘Amazing Grey’ is a Shirley poppy with a color palette that feels like it drifted in from a stormy watercolor painting. Its delicate, tissue-paper blooms open in shifting shades of misty lavender, slate grey, mauve, dusty rose, and silvery purple, each flower slightly different and all of them wildly romantic.

Also known as Amazing Grey Poppy, Shirley Poppy, or Corn Poppy, this easy annual brings dreamy cottage garden charm to borders, cutting gardens, meadow-style plantings, pollinator gardens, and sunny flower beds. The airy stems and finely cut foliage give it a graceful, old-fashioned look, while the unusual grey-toned flowers pair beautifully with white cosmos, black bachelor buttons, lavender, yarrow, grasses, and soft apricot or cream blooms.

Plant Papaver rhoeas ‘Amazing Grey’ in full sun with well-drained soil. It is easy to grow, wonderful for naturalistic plantings, and may self-sow where happy. Let a few seed pods mature for future poppy magic. Explore more romantic favorites in our Papaver - Poppies collection.

We guarantee that the plants we sell are healthy and viable at the time they leave our care.

If a plant arrives in substandard condition, please take clear photographs and contact us within 48 hours of delivery. To ensure eligibility under this guarantee, we strongly encourage you to open and unpack your shipment immediately upon delivery and inspect the plants thoroughly.

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$14.99 flat rate for up to 6 plants is for standard FedEx/UPS Ground shipping to eligible states only. $19.99 for up to 12 plants. Plants being shipped to the following states are sent via Express Mail to help ensure they arrive quickly and healthy. 

(AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, VA, WV)
(list of states subject to change seasonally due to extreme heat or cold conditions)

We cannot ship Annie's Annuals plants to P.O. boxes or outside the continental U.S.

Individual plants are shipped in 4" pots and we ship in boxes of 4, 6, 8, or 12 plants per box.

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