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 ...

A field of poppies is a beautiful sight. They became widespread in Europe after soils in France and Belgium became rich in lime from debris and rubble from the fighting in World War I. They also ...

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...

I am in the middle of my annual illegal plant season. For a couple of weeks now, I have enjoyed Papaver somniferum (breadseed poppy) flowers. This is the poppy species that is also known as the opium ...