This is the true California poppy with 2 inch orange flowers exclusively. 14 to 16 inch foliage is silverish blue and lacy, with plants a foot tall. Flowers close at night and open in the morning. Blooming is profuse, then rests a bit and comes strongly a second time.

300 seeds

PLANTING

Eschscholzia californica

Annual

Germination:7-14 days

Germination Temperature:Optimum soil temperatures are 55-65F

Seed Planting Depth:Sow deep

Starting Indoors:Difficult to transplant, not recommended. Roots and stems are fragile. Sowing into individual biodegradable peat/cow pots reduces rootdamage when transplanting. Sow 2-3 seeds per cell/pot. Transplanta few weeks before the last frost.

Sowing Outdoors:Early spring as soon as the ground can be workedor in the fall. Sow a few seeds every 6-9″ or prepare a weed free seed bedandsprinkle down seeds. Thin theseedlings 6-9″ apart.Do not startpoppies in hot weather. Germination and growth will be poor sow them in late falland early spring.

Growth Habit:Upright

Height and Width: 14-18 x12-18

Spacing:6-9 apart

Light Needs:Full sun

Soil Needs:Average,loamy, sandy, well-drained

Approximate days to flower from seed:60-70 days, late spring to early summer

Uses:Flower beds, cottage and wildflower gardens, attracts pollinators