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 ...

Maybe it is because the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, or perhaps it’s because of the plants that scientists figured out that the planet’s landmass was all one piece at some point. It is ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The red poppy has long been used as a symbol of remembrance and hope, commonly worn to commemorate military personnel on Armistice Day in the UK. While the iconic red flowers do not bloom beyond ...

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 ...