Many California natives require fire to germinate their seeds and so we could see some of them sprouting this winter and ...

Sure, California has a state song (“I Love You, California”), a state flower (the poppy), a state bird (California quail). Those are all well and good, but the Golden State might soon become the first ...

California Poppy Day is celebrated every year on April 6th to place a spotlight on California poppies, or Eschscholzia californica. This gold-orange flower has become a symbol of the Golden State ...

Amidst the light doom and gloom of the present, Humboldt’s new state assemblyman, Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa), found time to ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — A California lawmaker is proposing to make Bigfoot the state’s official mythical creature. On Feb. 14, Assemblyman Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa) introduced Assembly Bill 666, which ...

There are lovely scented popcorn flowers, as well as grape soda lupines that bloom at Tehachapi Point every year. Also, the California poppy is just one of several types of poppy in the state.

The poppy ensemble can bloom as early as late February in years of high rain. Otherwise, March and April are the best months ...

Poppies are among the easiest plants to grow from seed. You scatter their seeds over the surface of the earth and let them sprout. This assumes, of course, that there will be a modicum of rain ...