From the free seeds I was given during the San Diego Zoo’s Garden Festival I was able to grow this beautiful and healthy California Golden Poppy(our state flower!) that blossomed with this gorgeous flower. I had one other plant grow nicely but it quickly died off for some reason.
This one started out looking a little weak but quickly became healthy and strong. It even has some more buds just waiting to bloom.
UPDATE: Just like the first plant, within a matter of only two or three days my last Golden Poppy plant started wilting and quickly died. I have no explanation. I was watering it regularly and even started aerating the soil every day. Nothing I did seem to make a difference. Very disappointing. A gardener at Home Depot told me to add nitrates, but it was already to late to try that. Not sure how a plant can die so quickly from a lack of nitrates anyway.
