Glad they turned out for you. I have always been satisfied with Larner seeds. Al

California poppies have a habit of doing that if they are sown at the wrong time of the year, of if the seeds are a few years old.

You will probably see a few more germinate this fall.

So far, I have pink, dark and light orange and yellow flowers. I was hoping for a clear red, because that is my favorite. They used to be one with a clear red, I think it was burpee or botanical interests. It was not Mikado red, those run to orange. The mission bells are not as nice. I have not seen that mix for years and I don't think they make it any more. If only the red ones would reseed.

I have actually bought red California Poppy seeds from Home Depot, I can't remember the brand---they hang on a wire carousel near the other seed racks, in clear baggies with a paper labels. They sell all red, or regular too, or mixed colors. Other seeds on the carousel are vegetables and other flowers, too. Check it out!

Carla in Sac

I saw them on the website. It's a brand I never heard of

Stover Red Poppy California Seed
Model # 79052-6
Store SKU # 487869

$3.97 /EA-Each

But the photo looks like the right ones, they are very clear red and red red red with out any orange

Yep, that's them. And they do grow out that color, not orange-y at all.

Carla in Sac

I'm no poppy expert, but I thought there's two main types of CA poppies, the heirloom natives that are hard to germinate and have more vigor and the hybrids that are bred for high germination rates as a favorable genetic trait, at the expense of some toughness? Yay or nay? If so, Ms. Larner likely sells the harder to germinate heirloom type.

Actually there are two kinds, the ones we get that are weeds that become invasive and the ones we buy in seed packs that are colored, and those won't reseed, but if you buy the orange ones those will I think reseed. I never bought them because I already get them as reseeds anyway as weed, so there is no need to buy them. The key is the color or maybe the colored ones reseed but come back as orange having crossed breed with the wild ones, that wiped out the colors.

I misspoke when I said they don't reseed. I only know that the other colored poppies which I can't find anymore, did not reseed, but the Larner could reseed, but I have been reseeding them myself with new ones, so I don't now if I am getting reseeds yet. I am trying to cover an area that used to be lawn and replace with lovely natives that take less water then a lawn.

Here is a link that might be useful: Larner red poppy just appeared