• California’s official state flower, the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), is celebrated every year on April 6, California Poppy Day. • The California poppy has been the state’s official ...

Bright orange California poppies are already beginning to bloom in the Antelope Valley weeks earlier than usual, thanks to a mix of winter rain and sunny days in ...

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, April 18. Large numbers of a little orange flower are drawing thousands out to the far north of Los Angeles County. But ...

If you’re interested in showcasing your California roots and are up for a bit of gardening, look no further than our land’s native species. California’s unique climate and geography harbors an array ...

California poppies grow in a lot on Laurel Street across from London Nelson Community Center and Laurel Park. On March 2, 1903, the flower, Eschscholzia californica, became the official state flower ...

Photo | Bloom creates colorful cityscape in Santa Cruz California poppies bloom on a traffic median on Cleveland Avenue at Laurel Street in Santa Cruz. On March 2, 1903 the California poppy, ...

The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California native wildflower. It is indigenous to western North America. In 1816, a ship from ...