Tropical Sunset California Poppy Flower Seeds

Poppy (California) - Tropical Sunset- Eschscholtzia californica Perennial/ Grown as Annual - Mix of long-blooming California poppies in glowing sunset colors of rich deep red, warm carmine-rose, ruffled flame and tangerine bicolors and an occasional vanilla. These easy-to-grow flowers have satiny single and semi-double blossoms, many with pleated petals. Their silky blossoms glow from amongst feathery gray-green foliage. California poppies have a carefree natural ambiance, perfect in flowerbeds or for covering bare or neglected garden areas. Soil & Water: Sow seeds directly into a finely textured, well-drained garden bed in full sun as early in spring as the ground can be worked.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Eschscholtzia californica
• Plant type: Perennial
• Growth habit: Low Growing
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Soil & Water: Sow seeds directly into a finely textured, well-drained garden bed in full sun as early in spring as the ground can be worked.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: above 50°F
• Planting Depth: 1/4"
• Germination: 7-14 Days
• Height At Maturity: 12-15"
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 6"

Prepare a weed-reduced seedbed for Tropical Sunset California Poppy Flower and use the recorded planting season, depth, and light requirements. Press shallow-sown seed into good soil contact and keep the seed zone from drying during establishment. Thin or transplant only when the growth habit and spacing call for it. Leave enough room for mature width and air movement. Bloom timing and final height can shift with sowing date, climate, soil, moisture, and competition, so use listed figures as planning ranges.

Place Tropical Sunset California Poppy Flower where its recorded height and growth habit fit the surrounding planting. Shorter companions can be positioned toward bed edges, while taller stems need room where they will not shade small seedlings too early. If cutting flowers, harvest with clean tools at the stage appropriate to the bloom form. If leaving flowers in place, observe how bloom sequence changes through the season and record which sowing date performed best at the site.

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