California Poppy Seeds - Add Vibrant Color to Your Garden

 

Poppies continue to be one of the most treasured bloomers for gardeners the world over. Especially popular are those grown from California Poppy Seeds because this variety produces some of the most glorious blooms of the entire species. These seeds germinate quickly and are easy to grow. They produce a continuous stream of blooms through the growing season of early spring through fall. These wonderfully hardy poppies make a style statement for the grower, whether in borders or container gardens.

Because California poppies are annuals, it is a simple way to add color to an otherwise lifeless landscape. They are voracious self seeders which will drop seeds to lie dormant through the winter and spring up again the next spring filling in the blooming gaps between the bulbous blooms and the later blooming spring flowers. oberon Adding good mulch in the autumn will protect the seeds from winter freeze. In the spring, you can add another planting of seeds to fill in any blank spots, thus assuring a good coverage of blooms. If you want to collect seeds to hold for spring planting in other areas, let the seed pods get fully ripe, and then shake them gently into an envelope and store in a cool place over the winter.

California poppy seeds produce plants which produce extraordinarily showy blooms over several seasons and are good selections to use in containers, hanging baskets, or borders and beds. The Mission Bells poppy has double blooms in yellows, pinks, reds and oranges, and is a good choice for novice planters. namdhari seeds For a more intense display of color, try the Jelly Bean poppy - these create a vibrant wave of amazing colors. If you opt for a more sophisticated and formal palette, you can choose from a large variety of California poppies. Since they are great producers of copious amounts of blooms, you can use them as highlights among your other plants, or as focal points of color in beds of greenery.

Another possibility is to create an eye catching spectacle is by using a lot of plants in one area. This gives the illusion of a sea of poppies rising from the earth. An ideal variety to use in this way is the Carmine King Poppy because of its glossy rose petals which contrast beautifully with its creamy center. Also, the White Linen poppies produce creamy flowers in early spring, and the Red Chief can be utilized to bring eye catching beauty to a bed of green foliage. nativo fungicide One last point I'd like to mention is that there are many California Poppy Seeds varieties are on the market today which are great for use in low borders or containers. Three good choices are Rose Chiffon (pink petals with cream centers), Purple Gleam (purple blooms) and Thai Silk (an explosion of fiery color).

The variety of poppy colors, sizes and bloom types presents a dilemma for the first time grower. However, it is very easy to grow and maintain these lovely plants, in fact, they almost take care of themselves and continue to thrive and bloom all season without much thought on your part. bayer pesticides If you want to deadhead (cut off the dying blooms), this will encourage more prolific blooming but if you let the seed pods ripen and fall off naturally the seeds will fall to the ground and germinate over winter and come up the next spring.