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About California PoppiesThis famous flower, the state flower of California, (a very similar sub-species is called Mexican Gold Poppy) carpets whole coastal hillsides up and down the Pacific coast, creating one of the most famous natural wildflower displays in the world, usually in April. Viewing this spectacle from their ships, Spanish explorers thought the “golden display” meant that there was in fact, gold to be found in the flowery hills.
California poppy performs well almost everywhere with its dusty dark green ferny foliage and brilliant golden orange cup shaped flowers. A blooming plant is somewhat frost-resistant, and often reblooms nicely in fall meadows. Flowers close in cloudy weather. The name “Eschscholzia” is after the Russian botanist, J. F. Eschscholtz, who visited the California coast in the early 1800’s.
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Overall rating: 4.2 / 5 from 10 reviews.
Review topics: ["color","poppies","seeds","wildflowers","blooms"].
"We had 5 weeks of rain everyday. Very little blooms"
"well- i seem to have no success in growing poppies. I think i ordered 1/2 pound and planted them on the strip that runs along my long driveway. I planted them like instructed but only a few along a 15' or so run grew and flowered. this is not a irrigated area but we had steady rain well into the end of June I know poppies can be hard and ive tried in the past but am going to give up on them now steve"
"Indiana saw a warm period during much of the first 10 days of November 2020 and they loved it!"
"I planted these poppies above a large block wall. I originally planted a 0. 25 lb. bag of the perennial wildflower mix (which included some California Poppy seed) with a 0. 25 lb. bag of straight California Poppy seed. This was my mistake because there was not enough room for the other wildflowers to grow. The poppies surged ahead in number and growth and crowded out the space so that virtually no other wildflowers were able to get enough sunlight. In the future I will be more careful about planting so many poppies when my original desire was a perennial mix. You could say I got a little carried away with my planting eagerness! That being said, the poppies did look fantastic."
"I bought these as well as regular CA poppy seeds. Very pleased. I live a 5300 ft in semi-arid sagebrush country. Watered when seedlings daily but now that they are blooming, about once a week (we haven't had any rain in almost 3 mos. I've got a bunch of seeds left that I will spread this fall and see how they come up in the spring."
"Beautiful colors"
"Great for quick color in a newly established garden until the new plants become established."
"I planted these last year in a couple different spots- along a back fence, beside the garage, and what-not. Most didn't even sprout, and those that did limped along rather sadly, giving me no hope of blooms this year. I was extremely disappointed. I had the half-bag of seed left-over and figured, well, they're kind of old and they didn't germinate well last year, so I just dumped them all over along an ugly strip by the side of the house, along with the rest of my nasturtium seeds. OOOPS! I think EVERY SINGLE seed I dumped down there has sprouted! I'm madly thinning as they crowd over each other! Can't wait until they bloom and we have bright colors all over the side of the house! I'll review again when they've bloomed and I can see the colors, since that's what other reviewers mentioned. But I have no problem with keeping an eye on blooms and pulling out the standard 'orange' for a couple years until the other colors gain some dominance."
"I was excitd to see the different colors in a California Poppy. Planted the seed in a very large meadow area. Unfortunatly the standard orange color is what showed up. Got a few whites and a few reds, but about 95% of what bloomed looked like a standard orange California Poppy. I would stick with the standard poppy seed as it is much cheaper. As always the seed grew well, so no compliants on that."
"I was really excited at the possibility in the array of colors for a California type poppy. Unfortunatly 95% of what bloomed was orange just like a standard California poppy. A few white one's, a couple of red ones. Save the extra cost for the seed and buy the standard orange variety"
