With their papery petals and clear, bright colors, oriental poppies (Papaver orientale) are among the most recognizable plants in the poppy species. Unlike corn poppies and California poppies, these ...

A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn. Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter seeds at the end of the growing season or sprinkle a packet of seeds over ...

For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species ...

Above are the first few lines from the well-known poem, “In Flanders Field.” A Canadian soldier, John McCrae, serving during World War I wrote the poem. At the time, he was stationed in the Belgian ...

We asked Traverse City poppy expert, David Williams, whose home and gloriously lush poppy garden we featured in the May 08 issue of Northern Home & Cottage and is pictured above, for insight. Here’s ...

December may not seem like an ideal time to start your garden. However, there is a gorgeous blue flower that will thrive in ...

The latest trending ice cube hack isn’t for making pancakes or elevating your Tomato-Basil Spritz. Surprisingly, it's for gardeners: According to the internet, you should be making poppy seed ice ...

Question. I lived on the West Coast of the United States, where we grew California poppies. Can they be grown here in Florida? Answer. Area gardeners can enjoy this California State flower by sowing ...