This is NOT an official Eastern New Mexico University home page. Evenly moist, well-drained soil.
Most species grow best where the soil never completely dries out.
Flower color varies from pale yellow to deep orange. Well-drained soil of average fertility. Eschscholzia, an easily grown, highly adaptable species, is excellent for naturalizing on sunny hillsides. A creeping meadow perennial with compound leaves that have 3 toothed leaflets. Seedlike fruits are embedded in a small edible berry, which is part of the flower.