NAME: Orange California Poppy
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eschscholzia californica
COLOR: Orange
PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME: Late Spring - Early Fall
HARDINESS ZONE: 6 - 10 (& reseeds itself easily)
PLANT HEIGHT: 12 - 18"
PLANT SPACING: 6 - 9"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average - Dry
QUANTITY: 500 Seeds
OTHER: Poppies attract bees, butterflies, and birds. The huge showy 2 - 4" blooms make them an excellent cut flower, and their unique looking seed pods are splendid in dried arrangements or for crafts. They are known in folk medicine as a mild sedative and analgesic. The California Poppy is a protected species, and there is a $500 per plant fine for destroying them!
Germination
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Germination is affected by such factors as temperature, moisture content, light intensity and contamination of planting media. Although we do everything possible to get seeds to you in the best possible condition, these factors are totally outside of our control and and once you receive the seeds it's up to you.
Consequently, we can take no responsibility for the suitability of your local conditions of any variety offered, the indicative cultivation advice provided or ultimately the varieties performance.
As such you should seek local advice to carefully ensure your local conditions and the time of season are appropriate to the variety purchased.
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