With their papery petals and clear, bright colors, oriental poppies (Papaver orientale) are among the most recognizable plants in the poppy species. Unlike corn poppies and California poppies, these ...

Watch how a California poppy flower plant was growing from a seed to blossoms. A poppy seed was randomly chosen from a sunset ...

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?