ROMNEYA COULTERI
CALIFORNIAN. TREE POPPY
The Californian tree poppy is a strong-growing, much-branched plant, having handsome foliage which is deeply lobed or cut. The plant is worth growing for its foliage alone. The flowers are pure white, with a. centre of golden stamers,. the petals being of a delicate texture and beautifully crimped. They also have a delicate primrose scent. The: flowers are: large, often 7 inches across, and are borne on the extremities of the growths which are often six feet long.
The habit of the plant is to send up these long growths from buds low down, sometimes appearing as suckers from below the soil. The growths should always be thinned out, otherwise a lot of them, weak flowering growths are obtained. Any shoots left from the previous season should be cut down to within a foot of the ground. It is difficult to bo exact, but large, prominent buds are produced, after flowering, low down on the stems, and to the best of these, the stems should be cut. The plant resents root disturbance, in fact, it is not far wrong to say that it is almost impossible to transplant successfully from the open ground, and the only method for transplanting purposes is to grow it in pots. It requires a hot, dry, sunny position which is
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1933, Page 20
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220ROMNEYA COULTERI Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 71, 21 September 1933, Page 20
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