California Poppy Butter Bush - Eschscholzia californica seeds

The 'Butter Bush' California Poppy, known by its Latin name Eschscholzia californica, is a hardy annual plant that is very easy to grow and has abundant yellow, single or semi-double flowers from June to September.

It gets its common names from the resemblance of its flowers to those of its cousins, Poppies and Corn Poppies, as well as its origin in the American West. This variety of California Poppy bears graceful "paper flowers" in the color of fresh butter. Its melliferous flowers will attract bees and hoverflies to your garden, an undeniable ecological asset.

It tolerates all types of soil, even dry and poor ones, but prefers light soils over heavy ones.

Due to its small size (25 cm (9.8 in) tall and wide), the California Poppy is generally used at the front of flower beds, in rockeries, or in pots on the terrace. It easily self-seeds and forms beautiful, naturally-looking flower beds year after year. Full sun exposure will promote its flowering.

Picking its flowers will allow you to create beautiful short-lived bouquets.