California Poppy will brighten any border, rock garden, or container, be it a window box or tub. Also useful for naturalizing, it likes it best when sown directly outdoors. The 1- to 2- foot tall mounds of finely cut, silver-gray foliage are but a backdrop to showy flowers with a chiffon-like texture to their petals. Flowers are 2-3 inches, saucershaped, and are either single, double, or semi-double. They range a multitude of colors: gold, yellow, bronze, orange, scarlet, rose, or white. The flowers close at nightfall and throughout the day they are phototropic: they follow the sun across the sky