California Poppy Purple Gleam Wild Flower Seed

They look very pretty with the classic golden poppies. I got some for my grandma too when she said how much she liked mine.

Variety of colors

I thought with 5000 seeds I would have many lovely California poppies in my wildflower garden. So disappointed that not one has come up.

Did not get many to grow but the ones that did were beautiful.

Here’s another easy growing plant. This is my second year for planting these dainty California poppies. You can find many different colors, but I really like this dark maroon color. I’ve had good luck raising them in Florida.

At first I thought none germinated but they eventually came up in April after fall sowing, and continued blooming through June. They are small compared to the traditional orange poppy and seem to prefer areas with less intense sun. This fall I will plant them in groupings on the margins of the orange poppies, where there is afternoon shade .

I planted about half of the package in the fall of last year. Only 2 flowered so far. Both are orange.Update: 2 more plants started blooming, and the flowers are pink!

Seeds sprouted in about 7 days!I live in Southern California zone 9b. I’ll keep posting photos as they grow.