7 Tips for Growing Perfect Poppies Every Year, According to Martha's Head Gardener
Poppies tend to bloom right after all of the spring bulbs have faded, filling in gaps in the landscape beautifully. They are ...
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Pay dirt: California’s flowering gold in bloom
There’s still plenty of gold in California’s fertile dirt. It lies dormant most of the year until the warm days of early ...
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Calendula and poppy plants easy, fast-growing annuals that self-sow
Q. Last year a friend gave me some poppyseeds that she gathered from plants in her garden. I don’t know what kind of poppy it ...
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Eight surprising facts about the poppy
There were poppies in Tutankhamun’s tomb King Tutankhamun was entombed in 1325 BC with ceremonial clothing made partly from the poppy plant and ... WW1 and WW2, the flower has long been linked ...
Opium farming takes root in Myanmar’s war-racked landscape
For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...
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Police commend 3-year-old plant enthusiast for finding banned opium poppy
A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...