Description
Eschscholzia californica
Low-water, low-care, and cheerful as all get out! Brightens up tough spots!
These easy-to-grow flowers are self-seeding and will bloom for months beginning in late spring. They can handle hot, dry, and rocky spots as well as fertile, well-watered ones. They play well with others, but can also be left alone! Mix contains a variety of bright, sunny colors. Plants grow to 12-16" tall. Open-pollinated.
Seed grown by Thompson Creek Farm in Newman Lake, Washington.
300 seeds.
Special Overstock Opportunity! We have a batch of California Poppy seed that is germinating below standard. This seed was grown and saved with love by a Washington farmer. These flowers will be a stellar performer as a reseeding annual in your garden! Germinating at 56%, it is a mere 4% below standard. You can purchase 1 ounce or 1 lb of this variety at a great deal! We've priced it low because we want to see this seed find its new home in your garden.
Directions: Direct seed in fall or early spring. Or, start indoors 4 weeks before last frost and transplant out after. Unlike most poppies, California poppies can germinate without a long period of cold stratification, though frost does help them break dormancy. Poppies reseed.
Planting Depth |
Seed Spacing |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
⅛” |
6” |
14-120 |
60-75 |