Eschscholzia californica

ESCHSCHOLZIA californica
Californian Poppy

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Type:
Annual*

Height: 6-12" (15-30cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: White, cream, yellow, orange, red

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Magnoliidae (Magnolia Superorder)

Order: Papaverales (Poppy Order)

Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy Family)

Genus: Eschscholzia (Eschscholzia)

Species: californica (californian)

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Eschscholzia californica is a popular perennial usually grown as an annual. It is happy in dry, poor soil, where it produces small bushes of finely cut greeny-blue foliage covered in bright single or semi-double pleated poppy-like flowers throughout summer. If left in the garden over the winter, it will reappear in mild areas, but older plants can become leggy and trailing.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seedpod is long and thin, with a point.

Seed
The seeds are dull brown balls. There are many seeds in a pod.

Seedling
The seedling is small, and the seedleaves are like pairs of thin needles.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 8 days.

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	Seed Pod The seedpod is long and thin, with a point.
	Seed The seeds are dull brown balls. There are many seeds in a pod.
	Seedling The seedling is small, and the seedleaves are like pairs of thin needles.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 8 days.