Introduced into cultivation and first sold to gardeners by Theodore Payne a century ago, he dubbed this great white beauty "Queen of California flowers." Commonly known as Matilija poppy, it was ...
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 Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both “difficult to grow” and “invasive.” How can that be? Years ago, I decided the ...