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 ...

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 ...

Sowing seeds and planting a new garden are most often thought of as springtime activities. However, fall is a great time to ...

Above are the first few lines from the well-known poem, “In Flanders Field.” A Canadian soldier, John McCrae, serving during World War I wrote the poem. At the time, he was stationed in the Belgian ...

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 ...