California Poppies — Lady Marmalade

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Eschscholzia californica. Lady Marmalade is a new California Poppy that was originally selected from the Mission Bells mix. Try it rock gardens, patio containers, or mass landscape plantings, and enjoy the rose shaped, semi-double blooms that appear in golden yellow with bright orange centres. The flowers are drought tolerant, deer resistant, and will often naturalize in warm, dry garden settings. Lady Marmalade grows to 35cm (14") tall on upright stems, and blooms July through September from a direct spring sowing.

Annual

Quick Facts:

Distinctive, two-tone flowers
Ruffled petals
Long bloom time
Drought tolerant
Deer resistant

Size: 0.25g (approx. 185 seeds)

Difficulty
Easy

Exposure: Full sun

Timing
Direct sow outdoors in spring after the local last frost date. Otherwise direct sow in autumn. It can be started indoors, but does not like being transplanted.

Starting
Sow seeds 5mm (¼”) deep, spaced 20-25cm (8-10″) apart. Seeds should sprout in 14-21 days.

Growing

Grow in any average, well-drained soil. Deadhead regularly to prevent self sowing. California poppies are very likely to self sow when conditions are favourable.

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Additional Information:

California poppy, an herb indigenous to California and used by Native Americans as a sedative, hypnotic, and analgesic, remains widely popular among herbal practitioners today as a reliable treatment for sleep disorders, especially overexcitement and sleeplessness, and also as an antispasmodic when there is muscular tension, restlessness, and pain. Use in tea or to create your own tinctures at home.

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