I
planted these poppies by seed in the fall of 2003. I had prolific
blooms in the spring and iinto the summer of 2004. Then the
stems of the poppies became rather rope-like with long seed pods
at the ends. After taking this photo of the plant after its first
bloom, I removed the long dry stems and gave the new growth, shown
in the picture, a chance to take hold. This gave me new blooms
which were smaller than the initial blooms.
Eschscholzia californica
var. californica
The coastal form of the California poppy.
Original seed from Larner
Seeds.
