Characteristic features of plants, such as their active ingredients or flower color, may have developed through very ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Annual poppies such as the pretty pink variety 'Shirley' are easy to plant and grow Annual poppies are one of the easiest and most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once established, these native poppies grow in clumps of attractive foliage up to 12 inches across and 18 inches tall. Their lobed ...

Poppies always look stunning in gardens, but can be tricky to plant because they don't like root disturbance. And they can be challenging to start from seeds indoors as you would do with many other ...

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 ...

We honor loss by finding the joy and beauty in people, places and things that surround us. Our culture ideology identifies that sacrificial loss is perpetually intertwined with the beauty in flowers.

I will start this Memorial Day Weekend with “In Flanders Field," the poem of war, cemeteries and bright red poppies, written by John McCrae in 1915. The poppies in Flanders fields in Belgium and ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. “Somniferum” is Latin for “sleep-bringing,” which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that depress the ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Once established, these native poppies grow in clumps of ...