Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

To nobody’s surprise, poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also ...

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars? Scarlet corn ...

And, yes, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is open to the public ... But if you need some flower joy fast, there is the cultivated side of the coin: The Flower Fields, that ranunculus ...

Poppy seeds are banned in China ... While most people know poppies for their association with WW1 and WW2, the flower has long been linked with young men dying too soon, especially in poems ...

These too are of a burning color — not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden ...