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 ...

Every year, Martha and I grow dozens of poppy varieties. These must-have flowers are easy to grow and last for many years in the garden, attracting pollinators like bees and butterflies. We grow them ...

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 ...

In search of orange-flowered perennials for my orange and blue Illini garden, Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale) were a natural choice. The plants I used in my Illini garden were divided off a large ...

Mid-July is the time to protect your blueberries from the birds, prune back fading perennials and continue to deadhead summer annuals and hanging baskets. In your vegetable garden, continue to provide ...

There's nothing more beautiful than a bed of blooming Oriental poppies in early summer. The brilliant blooms, which come in shades of pink, purple, burgundy, white and, of course, the traditional red, ...

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 ...

In search of orange-flowered perennials for my orange and blue Illini garden, Oriental poppies (Papaver orientale) were a natural choice. The plants I used in my Illini garden were divided off a large ...

There are no more flamboyant splashes of colour in the June garden than the huge petals of Papaver orientale – the oriental poppy. It is not subtle or elegant but it is joyous and completely right in ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz thought a poppy field would put Dorothy and her friends to sleep. Well, she wasn ...

California poppies will form seed pods after blooming and leaving just one unpicked flower will leave behind hundreds of poppy seeds when the pod ripens and explodes. Hector Amezcua ...