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It's been several years since I had grown California Poppies (Eschscholzia californica) till this year. They did amazingly well in a sunny raised bed, direct sown in March. Now I'm seeing quite a few seedlings. Somehow I missed the seed pods, and had hoped to gather lots of them for next year. I'm hoping they will overwinter and return, and wondering if any of you in colder zones have experience with them to share?
When I grew them several years ago, I did see a few volunteers the next year, but not many. We lived in an area prone to flood in winter, so if seeds had fallen, most were probably washed away. I don't recall seeing any seedlings actually overwinter though.
I also grow Larkspur, Shirley Poppies, Nigella, and a few other annuals that germinate in fall, overwinter as seedlings, then grow like mad as soon as spring hits. Hoping to see the Ca.Poppies behave this way.
On the other hand, I have breadseed Poppies that have seedlings show up in fall, but those are frozen and killed. There typically ends up being plenty more to germinate in spring, but I like to save some seed just in case. That's what I'd intended to do with the Ca.Poppies, but never could find ripe seed pods- is there a trick to finding them? I watched them fairly closely, and with the abundance of blooms I never dreamed it would be a problem.
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