California Poppy

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Annual

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Select Seeds

Description

Deep orange satiny petals with scarlet backs grace this rare old variety. The burnished four-petaled flowers and sea-green, finely cut leaves look beautiful in masses, in any well-drained soil. Native Americans used this plant for toothache, and today it is recommended for its analgesic and mild narcotic properties. Cut back if bloom slows for another flush of flowers that continue until hard freeze. Listed in a 1936 catalog. Self sows.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical