California Poppy Cherry Swirl Seeds - Eschscholzia californica

California Poppy ‘Cherry Swirl’ also known by the Latin name Eschscholzia californica, is a hardy, easy-to-grow annual with a bright red, frizzy blooms with contrasting golden eyes that renew themselves abundantly from June to September.

California Poppy ‘Cherry Swirl’ gets its main common names (California Poppy, Paper Flowers, American Poppy) from the resemblance of its flowers with those of its cousin, the common poppy, as well as from its West American origins.

This variety of California Poppy bears graceful, lightly ruffled, papery flowers that enhance the colours of flowerbeds. Its melliferous flowers will attract bees and hoverflies to your garden, making them an undeniable ecological asset.

It contents itself with any type of soil, even dry, poor ones but it prefers lighter soils to heavy ones. A position in full sun will encourage blooming.

California Poppy Bridal Bouquet Mix is usually used at the front of the beds, in rock gardens or in pots on the terrace because of its small size (30 cm tall and 25 cm wide). It self-seeds freely and although the plant fears frost, the seeds do not, so from year to year it forms beautiful, natural-looking beds.

Their cut flowers allow you to make short-lived but lovely bouquets.