Dusky Rose California Poppy Flower Seeds

Poppy (California) - Dusky Rose (Heirloom)- Eschscholtzia californica Perennial/ Grown as Annual - This pretty and unusual California poppy has silky, deep rose-tinted blossoms that glow with iridescent color. For weeks in the spring, the abundant, paper-thin flowers float on slender stems above mounded plants with feathery grey-green foliage. Like all California poppies, Dusky Rose is carefree, easy to grow and forgiving of poor soil. Suited to a neglected area, a hard to cultivate slope, or simply grow and enjoy Dusky Rose for a lovely natural ambience in any garden area.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Eschscholtzia californica
• Plant type: Perennial
• Growth habit: Low Growing
• Crop category: Flower seed
• Flower character: Perennial/ Grown as Annual - This pretty and unusual California poppy has silky, deep rose-tinted blossoms that glow with iridescent color.
• Recorded feature: Good Cut Flower
• 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 Dusky Rose 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 Dusky Rose 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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