California Gardening: Matilija poppies are blooming, 1 by Happenstance

Happenstance wrote:
Hi Ron & Don!

Aren't these the prettiest things??!!

I think all the late spring rains here really helped these great poppies this year.

Don, this was a 5gal can 2 years ago. :-) Stands about 8' high and is about 8' wide x 4' across (I planted it waaay too close to a path in the wildland garden and it wants to take over the path, so I have to trim the one side back every month or so.) The 1 gal can planted about a year ago is now 5' high and about 3 x 3.

Hard to get a good picture today.......we've dropped about 15degrees in temp today and have 25miph winds blowing these babies around.....they don't seem to mind at all.