ORGANIC MATILIJA / ROMEYA / CALIFORNIA TREE POPPY SEEDS 

Naturally grown on the Northern California hillside.  Never fertilized or pesticide.  The 16 years old mother plant is 8' high x 10' wide 

This auction is for 150 fresh Seeds

Matilija/Romneya/California Tree Poppy is a perennial species of flowering plant in the poppy family.  Native to Southern and Baja California. The flowers are lightly fragrant

Matilija/Romneya/California Tree Poppy seeds are a challenge to Germinate since this plant's seeds are triggered to germinate by smoke.

1. Best way to get them germinate faster is to sprinkle them lightly with moist soil, cover that with pine sawdust, and light the covering (don't use any accelerants). Burning that continues for at least 15 minutes is best.  Water when the fire is out to wash the smoke chemicals down to the seeds, since it is the smoke rather than the fire that induces germination

2. A less affective way is to burn pine sawdust, mix it with potting soil, moisten, and plant seeds in this mixture

3. A third method is to smoke the planting medium with burning pine sawdust.

With all these methods, the seed can still take several months to germinate.