Tufted Poppy
Eschscholzia caespitosa
Tufted poppy is a delicate California annual forming neat mounds of ferny blue-green leaves studded with bright yellow cups, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder for sunny banks and rock gardens.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–0.8 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- container
- Native states
- CA, OR