As you might guess by the name, Iceland poppies ( Papaver nudicaule) grow best in cooler temperatures, below 70°F. They are ...

So last year more than 50 villagers decided to do something really special as a tribute to their forebears, by planting a 20-mile poppy avenue of remembrance all the way from Okehampton to Thornbury.

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Procure hyacinth bulbs now for “forcing,” a term that refers to causing a bulb to produce a flower before it normally would. Once you have your bulbs, put ...

A beautiful spring garden starts in the off-season. While you may associate flowering bulbs with spring, the work for getting these beauties to bloom actually begins during fall and winter. Many bulbs ...

The plant: The Iceland poppy, with its tall, gray-green, fuzzy stems, appears to be peeking over the garden as if constantly on guard, reminiscent of the Kalahari Desert’s adorable meerkats. This ...

Richard Holbrooke announced in Rome on Saturday that the U.S. will shift anti-poppy efforts in Afghanistan away from destroying crops and toward supporting alternatives. How easy is it to grow poppy?

AVA: GOOD MORNING. HE SAID IS AFTER THE FIRST FROST IT IS TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT PLANTING BULBS? >> GET THEM EARLY BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN YOU CAN GET THEM. I LIKE TO PLANT THEM LATER IN THE SEASON ...