Before the deluge of spring annuals arrives, there are poppies and sweet peas to get in the ground. Breadseed poppies are a popular choice, and there is no shortage of fabulous colors to choose from.

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 ...

March arrives, and the garden urge hits hard. The seed catalogs have been studied, and the beds are calling, but one question stops most gardeners before they start: Is it actually time to plant where ...

March brings a welcome list of jobs to tackle — including planting perennials such as delphiniums and poppies for months of ...

Deep-blue delphinium seedlings are shown this undated photo. If it's pink poppies you want, or only deep-blue delphiniums, you might not find these particular colors at a nursery. A much wider ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...