California Poppies are beginning to bloom. The flowers have a very shiny surface, and the foliage is very pretty - ferny and blue -grey in color. I'm being a bit eager, this is actually the first bloom I have seen. But many more will follow. I have these growing in many of the rose boxes in the Rose Garden.California Poppies are very easy to grow from seed. You literally throw them on the ground and they will grow. They can be ordered from Wildseed Farms by the ounce or the pound. An ounce of poppy seeds is millions of seeds. Unless you have a big area an ounce is more than enough to get a good show as long as the area is irrigated. But they are very drought tolerant. This is important if you want to plant them in a field that doesn't get regular watering. It is not true that wildflowers need nothing. Most of them need steady water in order to bloom. If they don't get steady water then you will need to throw down a pound of seed and expect to get a minor show in the spring. If you continue to do it every year then eventually you will have a great spring show. Wildflowers aren't as care free as one would think. The stands of wildflowers on the sides of the roads in Texas have been building in strength for many years - since Lady Bird Johnson and before.
This photograph shows off the foliage to better advantage as well as a pretty little bud to the left in the picture.
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