Re: Hunnemannia fumariifolia

Glenn Breayley's description of the "Mexican poppy" as an eschscholtzia
trying to be a romneya is quite apt..

I planted several in a dry-sand bed with such western American drylanders
as penstemons and eriogonums.  They bloomed from June until November and
overwintered in 1997-8, but bloomed rather sparsely and dying out by late
summer this year.

The minimum temperature in my garden was around -7 C, and there were fewer
than 20 nights of frost all winter.  Therefore, in a USDA Zone 8 or warmer
garden with Med. rainfall patterns, this species seems to be a very weakly
perennial form, pretty much like California poppies.

I collected some seed in 1997, and sowed a little outdoors in February.
The seed germinated well in March, but I lost all seedlings to slugs and
neglect.  The parent plants did not succeed in self-seeding, though I'm
sure they would in some gardens.

loren russell, corvallis, oregon
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