Posts Tagged ‘California Poppy’
California Poppy
Poppy Day April 6, 2010 Every year since 2010, April 6 is California Poppy Day celebrating the California State Flower. Back in 1903, the botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon created legislation to make the golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) the state flower of California. The botanical name Eschscholzia comes from a last name. In 1817, a Russian…
Read MoreGolden Legacy: Honoring the Botanical Friendship Behind the Naming of California’s State Flower
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. October 1, 1916 On this day, dear gardeners, we commemorate a most delightful anniversary in the annals of California’s horticultural history. It was on this very date that the State Flower of California…
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