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 ...

The Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both “difficult to grow” and “invasive.” How can that be? Years ago, I decided 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 after ...