Matilija Poppies at Theodore Payne

…or Romneya coulteri, or fried-egg flower, are the towering white petaled and yellow native Californians whose drama is greeting visitors to the Theodore Payne Foundation right now (the place I can’t get enough of, and where I have returned today for some native grape vines, currants, sages, and such) – which of course leads to excited inquiries about, and high demand for, a plant that really should to go in the ground before the rains in six months, and not now before the summer heat…patience.