Dusky Rose California Poppy Flower Seeds

Dusky Rose is California poppy through a rose-colored lens. Its abundant, paper-thin flowers are suffused with a deep, smoky pink that catches the light with an almost iridescent glow, floating on slender stems above softly mounded gray-green foliage.

The effect is refined but never fussy. This compact heirloom is at home spilling across a sunny slope, loosening the edges of a formal border, or lending a neglected corner an instant sense of wild garden romance. It is forgiving of lean soil and flowers generously after a cool start.

• Botanical name: Eschscholzia californica
• Life cycle: Perennial in mild climates; commonly grown as an annual
• Flower color: Deep rose-pink
• Exposure: Full sun
• Sowing: Direct sow in spring or fall
• Planting depth: 1/4 in.
• Germination: 7–14 days
• Mature height: 12–15 in.
• Final spacing: 6 in.
• Approximate seed count: 955

Gather a few stems just as their buds begin to open, then leave others to ripple through the garden and form seedpods for a future encore. Find more irresistible choices in our flower seed packets.