Eschscholzia californica ‘Purple Gleam’

$3.60$7.30

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Purple Gleam Poppy

This herbaceous perennial wildflower is a color variety of our beloved California state flower. A form of the California poppy with pink to purple flowers.

It is drought-tolerant, self-seeding, and easy to grow in gardens. To avoid the self-seeding, simply remove the old flowers.

Blooms close at night and during cloudy weather. In the landscape, use in borders, bulb cover, in containers, massing, bedding, and in rock gardens.

Blooms March to October.

Lifeform: Annual

Sun: Full Sun

Water: Dry, Light

Soil: Clay, Loam, Rocky, Sand

Other: Attracts Bees, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant

 

 

Ecological Value

Rich nectar and pollen source for a diversity of bees. Quail love the seeds.

Container

D-16, D-16S

Historical Uses

California Native American tribes used the poppy as a calming agent. The Pomo tribes used the crushed seeds topically, the Mendocino people used the roots as an external cleansing agent, and the Ohlon

Distribution

native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Elevation

Between 0 and 6,561 feet

Habitat

Dry climates, plains, hill, valleys, roadsides, and disturbed grounds.