Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King'

These are doing some strange things this year 😂 #poppy #california-poppy #eschscholzia #poppy-golden-west #grown-from-seed

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How strange, still very pretty though 💛💛💛

Looks like you have your own hybrids there 😂😂

How strange, but still very pretty!

Wow. Very different. Maybe you have created a new flower. A Pippy perhaps. 😆😉😊

@richard.spicer.7906 some are as big as my hand, some have serrated petals 😂 they’re so self seeded from last year but never had any like this 🤷🏻‍♀️

@pelly they’re sweet little things, just not sure how they got this way 😜

@ublaszko 😆 I think you might be right! My first mutants of the year 😅

@italydiva thanks Angela 😊 I’m going to try save seed to see if they’ll come out like this again next year. Or they’ll self seed again and god knows what I’ll end up with 😂

They look fun!

@hkyfvr pippy! I love that 😅 going to be calling these Pippy’s from now on 😛

Bigger than my hand! 😮 #poppy #california-poppy #eschscholzia #poppy-golden-west #grown-from-seed

Love this!♥️

#greatcolor

That's bigger than the naturally growing California poppies growing here in California!!

Fantastic colouring

@zephyrwindsong thank you 😀 they’ve self seeded everywhere! 🧡

@emch thanks Eileen 😃

@cacticutiepie really?? I’ve never known they grow so big before but these are the first self seeded ones I’ve left to grow on. They’ve gone crazy 😂

@alan1111 thank you Alan 😄

Amazing! Never seen such a big flower on one of these! 🧡💛

@kez001uk yes, girl!! When I see one in the wild I will be sure to snap a photo to share with you :)

@jeatacake a fair few have been supersized! And some are opening with serrated petals 🤔

Another one that self seeded all over 😜 #poppy #california-poppy #eschscholzia #poppy-golden-west #grown-from-seed

I must go and look for mine 😉

This made me smile...looks like all it needs is a pair of eyes and a smile to go with its hat and frilly collar! 😆

I thought the same as Angela, cute little hat 🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🙂

I've not noticed if any of my last year's ones have self seeded. I'll have to check 🤔

Looks like a leprechaun 🍀

Great plants & welcome self seeders 🧡💛 As usual, miles ahead of mine!

Very cute. I may be crazy but his shape reminds me of the Grinch. Wrong colour though. 🤣🤣

I chucked a bunch of wildowers including California poppies in a patch of bare soil. I wonder if anything will grow there.

Let the show begin. 😍😍

@sharonhayden did you find them? 🤞🏻

@italydiva 😂 I should have drawn some on before I posted the photo 😂

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@gjones couldn’t miss it if you tried 😆

@sherrisgarden thanks Sherri 😁

@auricula you definitely can’t! They’re out in force today 🧡

@wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thanks Elaine 😁

You're so welcome

You're so welcome

You're so welcome

Not the best photo 🙈 but these seed pods are amazing! 🤩

I'm growing some California poppies but mine haven't flowered yet 😅

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@ublaszko I’ve still got lots to flower so yours won’t be long I bet 😛

@richard.spicer.7906 quite something aren’t they! 😛

Very unusual! I can’t remember if they are exploding pods or not 🤔

@richard.spicer.7906 oooh, exploding pods sound fun! 😛 have them cropping up everywhere next year 😋

Wow nice colour! 👍🏻

@gardengimp they’re almost fluorescent I swear! Might be tiny but can’t miss them 😂

First of my poppies to show itself 🧡

#bestofmay

& poppy - black beauty