California Poppy Seeds - Thai Silk Strawberry Fields

BOTANICAL NAME

Eschscholzia californica

LIFE CYCLE

• Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

BLOOM SEASON

• Spring through Summer

GROWTH HABIT

• Clumping
• Spreading

PLANT HEIGHT

• 8 inches

PLANT TYPE

• Single
• California
• Ruffled

COLOR

• Orange
• Red

Pleated crepe-paper petals in scarlet edge around a glowing golden base in this newest member of the Thai Silk series. California Poppy Thai Silk Strawberry Fields is yet another beautiful California poppy, it might be time to start a collection! Planted at the front of the garden, or in swaths along pathways, this demure beauty will remain just eight inches tall. It is a sun lover, of course, and is drought tolerant once established, attracting pollinators to otherwise dry areas of the garden.

• • Easily self-sows once plant is allowed to die back
• • Loves full sun locations with well-draining soil
• • Beautiful gray-green foliage nicely fills out plant

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall
• Spring

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/16 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 6 to 8 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• 8
• 9
• 10

SEED PREP

• Requires Light
• Stratification