California poppies started from seed last fall and now flowering at Gaia's Garden. They open in the morning and close in the evening, a daily cycle that runs for several weeks.

Three California poppies grown from seed and flowering in the medicinal herb garden at Gaia's Garden in Umpire, Arkansas

Photographed April 23, 2026 in Gaia Devi Stillwagon's medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas's Ouachita foothills.

This is California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), grown in our medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas.

Tags: 3 California Poppy flowers grown from seed.