Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King'
Californian poppy
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- Seed Packets (only) £2.95
- Position: full sun
- Soil: poor, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Hardiness: hardy annual
Fabulous for a feast of fiery orange blooms with delicate silvery-grey foliage, ‘Orange King’ is a popular, long-flowering, bushy hardy annual providing months of colour scattered around path edges, as a border filler or in pots and containers. - Growing instructions: Prepare the bed well and sow Californian poppy seeds shallowly into drills from March to May where they are to flower. When large enough to handle thin out the seedlings to 10 - 15cm apart, taking care not to damage the tap roots of the retained seedlings. Water when necessary, but avoid excessively wet conditions. Seeds sown in late summer and early autumn will flower earlier than those sown in spring.
- Sow: March to May or August to September
- Flowering: June to August