White Linen California Poppy is a stunning cultivar of Eschscholzia californica that brings ethereal elegance to summer gardens with its snow-white petals and golden centers held above delicate, silver-gray foliage. This annual grows 12 to 18 inches tall and reaches maturity in approximately 90 days, thriving in full sun across warm climates. Direct sow these dainty flowers in early spring for blooms that carry you from early summer through fall, pausing only during intense heat waves before returning with renewed vigor.
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The petals of White Linen California Poppy have an almost luminous quality, catching and reflecting light like freshly laundered linens drying in the sun. Soft white flowers nestle among feathery silver-gray foliage to create a cooling, sophisticated effect in any garden setting. Bees visit prolifically for the nutrient-rich pollen, while the plant's self-sowing tendency and natural drought tolerance mean it asks for very little once established, especially in naturalized meadow plantings where it truly shines.
White Linen California Poppy is grown as an ornamental flower, bringing brightness and elegance to informal garden beds, country gardens, borders, and rock gardens. Its prolific blooms make it particularly effective in naturalized and meadow-style landscape plantings where it can self-sow and establish drifts of color across seasons.
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Direct sow seeds very early in spring by pressing them into bare, moist soil. Do not transplant; California poppies resent root disturbance and establish best from direct sowing. Sow at a spacing of 4 inches apart, with 24 inches between rows.
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