{"id":8335,"date":"2021-07-19T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8335"},"modified":"2021-07-19T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T21:10:03","slug":"romneya-matilija-poppy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8335","title":{"rendered":"Romneya\u2013Matilija poppy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is common to see large Romneya growing between fields and roadways on the California Central Coast. <\/p>\n<p>I purchased a 1-gallon Romneya plant. Popped it in the garden; it died. Purchased a second plant. Same thing happened.<\/p>\n<p>After purchasing chicken grit for a soilless mix to transplant succulents, noticed a large Romneya growing near the parking lot, behind an office building. It clearly wasn\u2019t cared for. Trash all around it and definitely multiple years of growth.<\/p>\n<p>Snagged several seedpods with the hope of germination. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/RomneyaGroup_IMG_6300.jpg\" alt=\"Romneya Seedpods\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Romneya_IMG_4313.jpg\" alt=\"Romneya Seedpod Pair\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The plan will be to soak the seed in Super Smoke Plus.I used the product when I was growing protea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/CapeSeedPrimer_IMG_6333.jpg\" alt=\"Cape Seed Primer\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a fun shot of one of the seedpods. Looks sculptural.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Romneya_IMG_4324.jpg\" alt=\"Romneya Standing Seedpod\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Haven\u2019t decided when I will start the process. The seedpods are so beautiful, I am feeling a bit hesitant to crack them open.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calscape.org\/Romneya-coulteri-(Coulter's-Matilija-Poppy)\" >Romneya at Calscape.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romneya_coulteri\" >Romneya at Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is common to see large Romneya growing between fields and roadways on the California Central Coast. I purchased a 1-gallon Romneya plant. Popped it in the garden; it died. Purchased a second plant. Same thing happened. After purchasing chicken grit for a soilless mix to transplant succulents, noticed a large Romneya growing near the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8335\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Romneya\u2013Matilija poppy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8335"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8342,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8335\/revisions\/8342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}