A little beauty from my seed sprinkle - any ideas??

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    **Yvonne** Total Gardener

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    This is my fav so far and would love to grow it again next year, can anyone name it please?
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    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Looks vaguely like California poppy,
     
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      Just googled this and the description says it closes at night and opens in daylight so you are completely spot on Pete, thank you! I adore this little plant, it needed no help at all to grow, and both the delicate flower and the foliage are so pretty!
       
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      Yvonne, the normal colour is bright yellow, yours is a bit special.
      I used to sow the seed in summer, the seedlings can overwinter in mild years and go on to get quite big the following summer
       
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        Keep your eye on the seed swap parcel as I'm putting some california poppy seeds in it. :blue thumb:
         
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          Are they pink or purple Fern? I have a colour scheme to stick to! :biggrin: Did you harvest them yourself? I haven't noticed and seed buds forming yet.
           
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          I've got some purple and some yellow. The yellow ones I've collected myself. They formed a long thin seed pod which I split open to get the seeds. I'm going to grow them myself again as I think they're lovely. :wub2:
           
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