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California Poppy Seeds (Eschscholzia)

Eschscholzia californica

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Creates a luminous show with brilliantly orange blooms into the fall months. Famous in California, but easy to grow and a favorite annual in many regions!

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Description

The state flower of California, California Poppies are famous for carpeting entire hillsides up and down the coast, creating one of the most amazing natural shows in the world. This annual grows anywhere and the brilliantly-orange blooms truly illuminate the meadow into the fall months.

Planting & Care

Step-by-Step Wildflower Seed Planting Instructions

  1. Check for your last frost date and plant after this has passed. Choose a
    spot on your property that gets 6 or more hours of direct sun a day unless you are planting seeds for shade.
  2. Prepare your soil by clearing the area of all existing growth. Simply dig up everything that is growing, turn the soil and rake the area flat. If this is an area that has never before been gardened, you may need to till the area up to remove growth.
  3. Mix the seeds with sand* for better visibility and scatter the seeds directly on top of the soil. If you are sowing a larger area, we recommend using a seed spreader; if not, you can sow by hand.
  4. We recommend lightly compressing the seeds into the soil, making sure not to bury them. You can either walk on them, use a board or if you are sowing a larger area, rent a seed roller.
  5. Water so that the soil is moist, not soaking wet, until the seedlings are about 4-6" tall. After that, the seedlings will survive on natural rains. If you are experiencing very dry weather, we recommend watering occasionally.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Full Sun

Bloom Time

Spring to summer

Life Cycle

Annual

Advantages

  • Native
  • Long Bloom Time
  • Naturalizes
  • Easy To Grow
  • Rock Gardens
  • Deer Resistant

Additional information

Seed Coverage

1/4 lb covers 1,089 sq ft
1 lb covers 4,355 sq ft

Mature Height

12-18" tall

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Sandy Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Waterwise

Native To

North America

Life Cycle

Annual

Growing Zones

  • Zone 3
  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9

Ideal Region

  • Northeast
  • Southeast
  • Midwest
  • Southwest
  • West
  • Pacific Northwest

Non-GMO

Yes

Can Send To PO Box

Yes
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Overall rating: 4.090909 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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Reviews

Would not buy this again

"The California poppy seeds I ordered did not germinate at all. Not a single plant came up. I spread them as instructed (with sand) everywhere in my yard. I had zero success."

— Unhappy G. (1/5)

I love this bloom.

"I'm new to the location and trying it in lots of places."

— Switchwoman (4/5)

Hardy and colorful

"Planted these alongside a sunbaked driveway where moisture is slight. These golden blooms really brighten up the driveway! #sweepstakes"

— TW (5/5)

Also Blue Cornflower & Red Poppy

"The California Poppies that sprouted are so pretty and I was very happy with them! However now I have some red poppies and blue cornflowers sprouting along with them so I am assuming that my batch of California Poppy seeds contained other seeds in it. I only bought California Poppy seeds and Blue Flax seeds from High Country Gardens. The red poppies are pretty, but thought I'd add that information into the review in case you did not want other flowers in your California Poppy seeds."

— Mrs M. (4/5)

Excited to see these Bloom any day now!

"I scattered these seeds to create a low maintenance sloped area. They are coming up everywhere and I expect beautiful blooms in a few weeks!"

— Edgewood S. (5/5)

Poppy seeds are growing

"I was impressed they came up and look gorgeous"

— Lily (5/5)

Two years later, and my poppies are still thriving

"Year after year my poppies have come back looking beautiful as ever. And believe me, I have the brownest of thumbs!"

— Rena (5/5)

CA poppies

"I prepped the area and sewed seeds in fall and then again in spring. We had a wet spring and early summer so I am guessing that is why they bloomed yet not as prolificate as I was hoping. Hoping for reseeding from plants for next year"

— Allie (4/5)

Maybe next year I'll get flowers??

"Followed directions exactly to sow a large area with seeds at the end of fall. Literally thousands of seeds. This spring about 50 tiny poppy plants have come out of the ground and only around cracks in rock border. No flowers, just greenery. None in the open area which got good rain all winter. Hoping maybe more will emerge. Wild poppies grow literally everywhere where I live. Fingers crossed."

— Ali (3/5)

Maybe

"stems and leaves grew, but no blooms this year,,,,maybe next year??"

— DogWalker (4/5)

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