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 ...

Need a striking perennial that is strong enough to withstand adversity but never outgrows its alloted space in the garden? A plant whose every blossom delights the eye? Try Oriental poppies. What’s so ...

Q:I confess that I am a bulb catalog junkie, and that I recently succumbed to the binge purchase of a wide variety of poppies (including 'Prince of Orange,' 'Queen Alexander,' 'Brilliant,' ...

The poppy has been associated with veterans since World War I and the writing of a poem called “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae. The poem tells of poppies growing among graves near a battlefield.

Many of you know about my passions for trees and Wave petunias, but you don’t know that Oriental poppies ( Papaver orientale) have become another of my horticultural obsessions. I like a variety of ...

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 ...

Now that spring has officially arrived, the flowers will bloom and brighten the corners of the landscape. First will be the bulb flowers such as the crocus, daffodil, hyacinth and tulips. Then, a late ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...