RE: California Poppy

At 07:49 AM 7/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> 2. Eschscholtzia,  "California poppy" 
>> 
>> Is it possible that this low-growing, 
>> brilliant orange annual is a Self Seeder??
>> I've been seeding the same patch for the past three years,
>> and have become accustomed to seeing the pretty flowers.
>> I dearly wish they would return of their own accord. - if
>> they could.
>> 
>Mine are VIGOROUS (!!) self-seeders.  Almost to excess!
>
>I also collect seeds from the brown pods.  In late fall, I sprinkle them
>around; they come up in early spring, and then return, year after year..
>Usually I have enough left-over seeds to share whit friends.
>
>Sue P.
Just don't save the pods alone.  California poppies have a  very efficient
system to disperse themselves.  A friend once gave me a seed pod for a red
California poppy, and I set it on my dashboard.  Forgot to take it inside.
Next day, as I'm driving through traffic, the seed pod exploded, hurling
tiny seeds all over the car.  The explosion sounded like a cap pistol, and
startled heck out of me.  No, I'm sad to say I did not retrieve the seeds.
Margaret

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