7/4/25 – Planted one of my bush poppies into the front yard. I topped it to help bush it out and then used those cuttings to try and make a clone. one of the clones is still alive, fingers crossed it makes it. Franciscan manzanita is behind the bush poppy.
5/20/25 – I was able to finally source a couple of these from Linda Vista Natives! I’m going to plant one of them next week and then try to keep the other one in a pot as a backup.
6/7/25 – Took some cuttings since I wanted these plants to bush out. Let’s see if these are any easier than the seed method. I used rooting hormone and planted directly into the Fox Farm soil that I used to successfully root some monkey flowers.
In typical fashion, my bush poppy seedling has popped the day after I purchased these. It took a couple of months but I was successful in propagating one using the fire treatment method!
6/13/25 – Seedling is taking forever to pop.
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I was not able to find this plant anywhere local. My dog decided to try to eat the seed packet that I just ordered. I managed to stop him before he ate the entire package.
Here is a what the seedlings look like. This is good to know because I actually had one growing in one pot but I had assumed it was some kind of weed and I killed it
Picture of a mature specimen
