Mission Bells California Poppy Seeds - Eschscholzia californica

The Mission Bells California Poppy, known by its Latin name Eschscholzia californica, is a spreading annual plant that is very easy to cultivate. The semi-double flowers with undulate and multicoloured petals abundantly renew themselves from June to September. It brings a touch of freshness and cheerfulness to your flowerbeds.

Due to its relatively small size (30 cm), the Mission Bells California Poppy is typically used at the front of flowerbeds, in rockeries, or in pots on the terrace.

It tolerates all types of soil, even dry and poor ones, but it prefers light soils over heavy ones.

It self-sows easily and forms beautiful natural-looking flowerbeds year after year because although the plant is sensitive to frost, the seeds are not. Sometimes it can become invasive.

It derives its common names (California Poppy, Paper Flowers, American Poppy) from the resemblance of its flowers to those of its Poppy and California Poppy relatives, as well as from its origin in the American West where it thrives in rocky areas.

Full sun exposure will promote its flowering.

Picking its flowers will allow you to create beautiful bouquets that last for a short time.

Its melliferous flowers will attract bees and hoverflies to your garden, an undeniable ecological asset.