The Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), also known as the tree poppy, is native to California and northern Mexico and known for its wrinkly, creepy, and delicately textured petals. This large white ...

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 ...

Poppy seeds come from a species of poppy plant called Papaver somniferum. “Somniferum” is Latin for “sleep-bringing,” which hints that it might contain opiates – powerful compounds that depress the ...

A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn. Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter seeds at the end of the growing season or sprinkle a packet of seeds over ...

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California ...

This time of year at our nursery, I'm occasionally asked: "Do you have that fried-egg poppy?" I immediately know which plant the customer is referring to: Romneya coulteri. This distinctive California ...

For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species ...

(CBS)-- Baking with poppy seeds and using the pods in flower arrangements are both common but few people know that growing a certain kind of poppy plant or possessing them is illegal in the United ...