{"id":17697,"date":"2016-09-06T21:03:27","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T21:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=17697"},"modified":"2016-09-06T21:03:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T21:03:27","slug":"lifestyle-plant-identification-from-a-field-guide-california-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/lifestyle-plant-identification-from-a-field-guide-california-poppy\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle: plant identification from a field guide: California poppy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tutor brings up an oft-seen ornamental in populated areas of Vancouver Island: the California poppy.<\/h1>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Now school’s back in, my daily walks will likely resume: hopefully, so will my plant shares:)<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of Coastal British Columbia<\/u>. Vancouver: BC Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. …<\/p>\n

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