• 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 ...

California is known as the Golden State, and in 1968 the state Legislature adopted the Golden State as California’s official nickname. What led to the Golden State nickname? Was it the 1848 discovery ...

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 ...

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 is getting international attention for its superbloom this spring and the most celebrated wildflower has its own day, California Poppy Day, which is Saturday, April 6. Poppy pop quiz There ...

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 ...

A: I see what you mean, in that the leaves of both are divided into narrow segments and the main root of a California poppy is actually orange. But no, they are not closely related. In identifying and ...

In California, there are eggplants and then there are “fried-egg plants.” Sometimes known as the California tree poppy, the white bush poppy or the dream of the desert, the flower of the Romneya ...

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 ...

California is getting international attention for its superbloom this spring and the most celebrated wildflower has its own day, California Poppy Day, which is Saturday, April 6. There are hundreds of ...