Californian poppy, Eschscholzia californica is a very popular annual here in the UK, the official flower of California. It is very easy to grow, tolerates drought very well. Mission Bells has Very wide range of colours; which look like rose buds, almost like double flowers of the traditional poppy. The plants are around 30 cm tall and the flowers are 4 - 6 cm across.

Sow directly outside in late spring, this method is better as the seedlings are fragile and will be very hard to transplant them. Sow the Californian poppy seeds in a well prepared area, lightly cover the tiny seeds only. The germination will take 10 - 20 days. They love full sun and the flowers most likely will not open in a shady garden.