Re: California Poppies
- To: , "Mediterranean Plants" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: California Poppies
- From: M* M*
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 17:49:05 -0700
>Speaking of California Poppies:
>I seem to have no luck at all with any color other than the classic
>yellow-orange. Last year I sowed 10 packets of cream-colored ones from
>the Hudson Catalogue, as well as a few pinks an mauves, and got only one
>fragile plant to every ten of self-seeding yellows.
>Does anyone have any suggestions?
>Cali Doxiadis
>Corfu, Greece
Try seeding them into flats where you can control conditions. Pot them on
until you have plants. By then they should be strong enough to fight for
survival "out in the open" in your climate. Hey, it's worth a try .....
isn't it ??
Toni
Seattle, WA
