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 ...

Flowers are the perfect way to invite pollinators like butterflies into your garden, and there is one easy-growing perennial that you should plant this April.

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 ...

Dear Carol: I have been trying for many years to grow poppies. This year they did well. What do I do with them now that they have stopped blooming? -- T.H., New Hartford. Dear T.H.: Perennial or ...

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,' ...

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 ...

Maybe it is because the continents fit together like puzzle pieces, or perhaps it’s because of the plants that scientists figured out that the planet’s landmass was all one piece at some point. It is ...

We asked Traverse City poppy expert, David Williams, whose home and gloriously lush poppy garden we featured in the May 08 issue of Northern Home & Cottage and is pictured above, for insight. Here’s ...

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