• California’s official state flower, the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), is celebrated every year on April 6, California Poppy Day. • The California poppy has been the state’s official ...

Watch how a California poppy flower plant was growing from a seed to blossoms. A poppy seed was randomly chosen from a sunset ...

Poppies are among the easiest plants to grow from seed. You scatter their seeds over the surface of the earth and let them sprout. This assumes, of course, that there will be a modicum of rain after ...

The Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both “difficult to grow” and “invasive.” How can that be? Years ago, I decided the ...

Every year, Martha and I grow dozens of poppy varieties. These must-have flowers are easy to grow and last for many years in the garden, attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies. We grow them ...