100 Organic Californian Poppy Seeds [approx]

Name: California Poppy

Latin Name: Eschscholzia californica

Plant Type: Annual

Plant Height: 30-50 cm

Description: California Poppy is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. California poppies are annual plants with feathery gray-green foliage with four-petaled flowers. The flowers are usually orange or a pale yellow.

Germination Rate: 84%

Seeds Origin: Netherlands

Sowing: March to June. Alternatively, sow the seed during August/September for earlier flowering in the following year.

Flowering: June to September

How to Grow California Poppy From Seed: Choose a sunny position in your garden and sow the seeds evenly, directly into fine soil at a depth of 5mm. Cover the seed lightly with fine soil or compost. The seeds will start to germinate after 10-14 days. Make sure the seed bed is kept moist throughout germination. When the seedlings are 4-8cm tall, thin them to their final spacing of 15-20cm apart. 

Alternatively, sow the seed during August/September for earlier flowering in the following year.