Comments on: Coastal California Poppies http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/ Plants and Stone for California Gardens Wed, 16 May 2012 05:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: ryan http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-24374 ryan Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:10:11 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-24374 I get powdery milder on the coastal and non-coastal varieties. I cut the foliage back completely, otherwise they look terrible. I get powdery milder on the coastal and non-coastal varieties. I cut the foliage back completely, otherwise they look terrible.

]]> By: Nate http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-24336 Nate Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:21:26 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-24336 Have any of you with the coastal form noticed the same resistance to powdery mildew as Lost in the Landscape did? My regular poppies look gross by the time August rolls around. Have any of you with the coastal form noticed the same resistance to powdery mildew as Lost in the Landscape did? My regular poppies look gross by the time August rolls around.

]]> By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-279 mss @ Zanthan Gardens Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:27:54 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-279 I love California poppies and have been growing the "regular" kind in my Texas garden for several years. Mine don't usually perennialize because Austin has heavy clay and sometimes humid as well as hot summers. However, I find them very easy to start from seed and this year I even had a bunch self-sow. The variety I grow is 'Mikado' from Botanical Interests. The first couple of years they were a solid pale orange. This year (maybe it's the self-sowers), I'm getting a lot of reddish or burnt orange flowers, darker on the outside of the petals and sometimes broken colors (like shot silk) inside. I don't know if this means they've reverted or what but I really like them. I'm going to try to grow twice as many next year. I love California poppies and have been growing the “regular” kind in my Texas garden for several years. Mine don’t usually perennialize because Austin has heavy clay and sometimes humid as well as hot summers. However, I find them very easy to start from seed and this year I even had a bunch self-sow.

The variety I grow is ‘Mikado’ from Botanical Interests. The first couple of years they were a solid pale orange. This year (maybe it’s the self-sowers), I’m getting a lot of reddish or burnt orange flowers, darker on the outside of the petals and sometimes broken colors (like shot silk) inside. I don’t know if this means they’ve reverted or what but I really like them.

I’m going to try to grow twice as many next year.

]]> By: chuck b. http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-274 chuck b. Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:44:50 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-274 I'm also finding the coastal form seed from Larner making a smaller flower in my garden than the generic orange. In natural areas tho, esp. Pt. Reyes, the coastal form looks more like the generic. What I'm really loving is the creamy 'Moonlight' she also sells. I generally avoid cultivars, but the Moonlight rocks. I’m also finding the coastal form seed from Larner making a smaller flower in my garden than the generic orange. In natural areas tho, esp. Pt. Reyes, the coastal form looks more like the generic.

What I’m really loving is the creamy ‘Moonlight’ she also sells. I generally avoid cultivars, but the Moonlight rocks.

]]> By: ryan http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-258 ryan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:20:31 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-258 Yeah, poppies are interesting and variable and a little confusing. It always shocks me how big the first ones are, then the smaller, later ones on the same plant make me forget so they can shock me again the next year. So far the average coastal one is a noticeable step down in size from the size of the average orange one, but the coastal ones have have varied a lot in sizes, even at the same time on the same plant and including some blooms almost as big as the biggest orange ones. I figure they're so big it's because they're in their second year and they get some of the water directed at the blueberries and strawberries uphill of them, but it could be the seed strain. I don't really know. Yeah, poppies are interesting and variable and a little confusing. It always shocks me how big the first ones are, then the smaller, later ones on the same plant make me forget so they can shock me again the next year. So far the average coastal one is a noticeable step down in size from the size of the average orange one, but the coastal ones have have varied a lot in sizes, even at the same time on the same plant and including some blooms almost as big as the biggest orange ones. I figure they’re so big it’s because they’re in their second year and they get some of the water directed at the blueberries and strawberries uphill of them, but it could be the seed strain. I don’t really know.

]]> By: [ Lost in the Landscape ] » trying to do the right thing http://drystonegarden.com/index.php/2009/04/coastal-california-poppies/#comment-252 [ Lost in the Landscape ] » trying to do the right thing Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:22:26 +0000 http://drystonegarden.com/?p=1278#comment-252 [...] April 7: Check out another post on two different poppy forms over at DryStoneGarden. bookmark, [...] [...] April 7: Check out another post on two different poppy forms over at DryStoneGarden. bookmark, [...]

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