A popular and easy to grow flower here is Iceland poppy (Papaver nudicale). Unlike many poppy species, Icelands are native to very cold areas, and don’t take heat and hot sun well. In the Vail area, ...

Once you get addicted to gardening, you’ll also find yourself addicted to certain plants. One such addiction of mine is the Iceland poppy. They never get boring, are always in style and I’d plant them ...

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 ...

I wonder about plants all the time. I am sure you do, too. We drive by a perfect hedge of Simplicity roses on our way to work and wonder how the homeowner pulls it off. Or park the car under a ...

Ashe magnolia, a beautiful native tree, is a subspecies of the much larger Magnolia macrophylla. And unlike more commonly planted Magnolias such as sweet bay and Southern magnolia, Ashe magnolia is ...

I can’t help but picture the Wicked Witch of the West in her slow, wobbly voice conjuring up a field of poppies to put Dorothy to sleep. “Paw-pees” I repeat in my head in the same tone when I sprinkle ...

The National Garden Bureau celebrates 2003 as the Year of the Poppy. The plant is special because it comes in an annual and perennial form, can be grown from seed, does as well in containers as in the ...

With seeds as fine as dust and flower petals as delicate as fairy shawls, it might seem that poppies are too fragile to have their seeds sown directly on melting snow or frozen ground. But early ...

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 plant comes in ...