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 ...

Dear Carol: I have been trying for many years to grow poppies. This year they did well. What do I do with them now that they have stopped blooming? -- T.H., New Hartford. Dear T.H.: Perennial or ...

The National Garden Bureau celebrates 2003 as the Year of the Poppy. The plant is special because it comes in an annual and perennial form, can be grown from seed, does as well in containers as in the ...

Although their season is brief, they are captivating plants to grow. Once they are finished flowering, they can look a little ...

Nearly a century later, the poppy still is used to pay tribute to our fallen military heroes. Memorial Day weekend is an ...

Q:I confess that I am a bulb catalog junkie, and that I recently succumbed to the binge purchase of a wide variety of poppies (including 'Prince of Orange,' 'Queen Alexander,' 'Brilliant,' ...

With seeds as fine as dust and flower petals as delicate as fairy shawls, it might seem that poppies are too fragile to have their seeds sown directly on melting snow or frozen ground. But early ...

Every November we wear poppy buttonholes as solemn badges of remembrance. But real poppies are summer flowers, bringing joy rather than sadness. The first wild poppies open in late May, painting ...