It’s officially spring! For Southern California, “winter showers bring spring flowers” usually means millions of California poppies turn the hills and deserts orange. Mid-March is peak season for the ...

Poppies are among the easiest plants to grow from seed. You scatter their seeds over the surface of the earth and let them sprout. This assumes, of course, that there will be a modicum of rain ...

Red poppies are worn on Memorial Day to honor fallen military members. The tradition started during World War I, inspired by a poem and the poppies growing on battlefields. The American Legion and ...