It wasn't a superbloom year, and that's OK. Here are the best spots to see an abundance of colorful wildflowers in Southern ...

1. Worm castings are recommended for control of insect pests on plants. The reason for this is that worm castings contain an enzyme known as chitinase that breaks down chitin, the major constituent in ...

Imagine Altadena in the spring. That’s what René Amy did when he created and funded the Great Altadena Poppy Project. The image persisted even as the 65-year-old community activist spent the past 10 ...

Question: We remember the fields and gardens with California poppies when we lived on the West Coast. Can we grow them in Florida? Answer: Beds of lovely orange blooms can be growing in your yard from ...

Answer: Yes. The orange poppy is the most commonly found, but flowers can also be pink, purple, yellow and cream. Some ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Spring is almost here, and California’s hillsides are already painted yellow and orange, but at Pine Flat Lake, two Fresno men are partly responsible. “It makes you feel ...

• California’s official state flower, the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), is celebrated every year on April 6, California Poppy Day. • The California poppy has been the state’s official ...

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 after ...

The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California native wildflower. It is indigenous to western North America. In 1816, a ship from ...

Death Valley National Park is experiencing its best wildflower bloom in a decade, with dormant seeds awakened by recent ...

Mine is not a private garden, like those of English aristocrats or wealthy Americans, hidden behind tall gates and hedges. It’s a superbloom for my community. All day and night, people immerse ...

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California ...