Poppy Flower Facts Poppies ( Papaver nudicaule ) grow best in Zones 4 to 9. They’re considered an annual in warmer climates, but gardeners can grow them as a perennial in cooler regions.

Plant poppies in fall for a jaw-dropping garden display of summer color. Learn how to grow poppy flower seeds and divide or move poppy plants.

Poppies’ ability to grow in the wild is the reason why poppy flowers are also a significant symbol of those that have died in war and on Memorial Day, specifically.

The mom of two said that her parents picked up the flowers in California a few days later when they realized there was a miscommunication. “At first, I was like these aren’t poppies,” she said.

Courtesy of Carol T. Bradford ORIENTAL POPPIES such as this Papaver orientale aAllegroa steal the show for a few days in late May when they flower. The plants go dormant and disappear by mid-June ...

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...

LIFESTYLE Texas woman orders poppy flowers, gets flowers shaped like puppy instead: 'Best mistake ever' Sarah Hollingsworth asked for a bouquet of poppies for her boutique stand at a California ...

When business owner Sarah Hollingsworth ordered a poppies arrangement from a flower shop, she got puppies instead. But the flowers proved to be the perfect icebreaker at a trade show.

In 1903, Gov. George Pardee approved legislation making the poppy the state flower and, in recognition of Lemmon’s efforts, gave her the bald-eagle quill he used to sign the bill, Brown said.