Scarlet Pimpernel Seeds – 100 Count

Southern Seeds was founded in 2019 by Ryan and Kim Dorn and became Seed Therapy in 2025. The family business moved its operations to the Dallas, Texas, area in 2023. Drawing on generations of growing experience, the team focuses on dependable seeds, personal customer service, and helping gardeners succeed. Its work includes relationships with American farms and seed donations to schools and community gardens.

Pimpernel Scarlet (Anagallis Arvensis) - 100 Seeds

Description:

One of our best loved, low-growing wildflowers. Scarlet pimpernel is a delicate annual member of the Primrose family that often grows along the ground. It is distributed across almost the whole of Europe. It is a poor competitor which favours places where the soil is almost free – it finds space in e.g. fields and gardens, and in the old days also in sailing boats’ ballast soil deposits.

Scarlet pimpernel’s scientific name, ‘adornment of the fields’, is very fitting, and it’s an interesting and rare plant. Its flowers close at midday, giving rise to one of its names in English: ’John-go-to-bed-at-noon’. They also close quickly when the sky clouds over or if rain is approaching, so it’s also known as Poorman’s Barometer. The species has red and blue-flowered forms, with the former being more common in Southern Europe and the latter being more common in the north. According to Central European herbalists the red-flowered form is especially good for men, while the blue-flowered plants are more suited to women.

Planting Instructions:

Sow Pimpernel seeds in peat pots and gently press the ground cover seed into soil and barely cover. Pimpernel seeds need light to germinate. You can also directly sow Anagallis Arvensis seeds after all danger of frost has passed in groups of 3 - 4 seeds spaced 12 inches apart. Thin to the strongest plant. If consumed, Pimpernel ground cover plants can be toxic to livestock and humans.

Season: Annual

USDA Zones: 5-10

Height: 6 inches

Average Germination: 30-42 days

Bloom Season: Mid summer to early fall

Light Required: Full sun to partial shade

Watering: Keep moist

Soil: Well drained moist soil

Seed Depth: Surface sow and lightly cover no more than ⅛” of soil

Seeds per Plant: 3-4

Plant Spacing: 12 inches

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Sold as seeds for planting. Select this packet by its variety, quantity, and growing requirements; it is not a live plant.

Country of origin: United States. The supplier identifies this product as American-grown.

Keep unused seeds dry and cool in a clearly labeled, closed container. Protect the packet from humidity and temperature swings, and retain the variety name and sowing notes for your next planting. Use the species-specific directions below when deciding whether to start indoors, sow directly, soak seeds, or provide a cold period. Germination and growth vary with seed handling and local growing conditions.

For general seed-starting and storage guidance, see University of Minnesota Extension’s seed-starting guide. Use the variety-specific packet directions for this product.

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