The tutor brings up an oft-seen ornamental in populated areas of Vancouver Island: the California poppy.

California poppies are hardy plants on Vancouver Island fields, and they’re perennial. They’re typically around 40cm tall, with netted foliage that isn’t very noticeable. The flowers are: they’re usually bright orange, about 1-2 inches across, with 4 petals. The centre is orange too.

Back in June, I walked by California poppies in a field on my way home. They’re still there; I wonder if they just keep flowering until the frost. Around here, you see them in untended fields, beside highways, etc. I think they’re often planted in places where the land has been disturbed but will not be landscaped.

Now school’s back in, my daily walks will likely resume: hopefully, so will my plant shares:)

Source:

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Vancouver: BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.

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