Bright fiery orange and yellow blooms unfurl above a sea of ferny blue45green foliage for a bold summer display these dainty hardy annuals are tougher than they appear and positively thrive on poor dry soils the papery flowers attract bees and hoverflies and make excellent if short45lived cut flowers california poppies are easy to grow in beds and borders or let them self seed throughout gravel gardens to form natural drifts height 30cm 4012amp343941 spread 30cm