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 ...

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 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 ...

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 Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row …. ” So begins “In Flanders Fields,” written in 1915 by John McCrae, a Canadian poet and military physician. “The hauntingly ...

What a great show the Oriental poppies have been making in recent weeks. One of the mainstay plants for the second half of May and the first weeks of June, every year a bit earlier or later, this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ryan McCallister Every year, Martha and I grow dozens of poppy varieties. These must-have flowers are easy to grow and last for ...

Every year is different in the garden. This year the cool, slow start to summer has resulted in our garden flowers, and indeed our shrubs, trees and hedgerows, staying lusher for longer. Flowers, ...

Spring planting season brings new opportunities to refresh your garden, but choosing the right plants now can make all the ...

Red hot: orientale's bold colours are back in vogue THE fortunes of plants soar and plunge in a way that would make a yo-yo dizzy. Take Oriental poppies. Ten years ago, they were scarcely to be found ...