Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Randi Rhoades The Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), also known as the tree poppy, is native to California and ...

The Humboldt Botanical Garden will hold its annual “Spring Plant Sale” May 1 and 2. The garden is located at 7707 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka. “HBG is excited to invite the public to explore the many ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: While Nora Harlow takes some much-deserved time off, we offer a past column on one of her favorite plants. You will hear that the Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) is hard to start and ...

A city known for its dusty winds and beautiful people, Los Angeles sometimes seems like a place where the stars are not in the sky, but on the ground. Botanists would be happy to agree, and many would ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Two unrelated and equally magical things happen in Southern California ...

This time of year at our nursery, I'm occasionally asked: "Do you have that fried-egg poppy?" I immediately know which plant the customer is referring to: Romneya coulteri. This distinctive California ...

June Gloom joined my vocabulary via Southern California, where I grew up. It describes foggy June morningssometimes full daysthat seem to just hang around in June. If I was craving sunshine on one of ...

Q: Do you know what the tall white flowers with yellow centers are that are blooming right now? The hillside by my church is covered with them. Some of the clumps are at least 6 feet tall. I bet ...