More than a century after “In Flanders Fields,” the poppy still symbolizes Memorial Day and is used to honor our fallen ...

The seeds of nearly all poppy species may be planted this way, including California poppies (Eschscholzia California), Shirley or Flander’s Fields poppies (Papaver rhoeas), Oriental poppies ...

Fall-sown poppy flower seeds germinate when the time is right ... If you spot a big, dense bed of fluffy orange-red Oriental-like poppies blooming near an old house, you’ve discovered a heritage ...