This coming Saturday (July 25), the Humboldt Botanical Garden will host the first-ever Himalayan blue poppy sale. Plants of the enchanting Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’ will be offered for sale from 10 a.m to ...

AS WITH all good gardens, the blue poppy meadow at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden started with the soil. Executive director Steve Hootman describes the site as “a big, goopy, sludgy mess.” ...

The last month of the year may not seem like the ideal time to be planting seeds, but there are a surprising number of flowers you can plant in December for a burst of winter and spring color. There ...

This is a story about the rare Tibetan blue poppy, an eccentric British plant collector and three Canadian women who have each played a role in helping to save it. It’s a tale that unfolds over a ...

True blue is a rare hue for most garden flowers, but with the Himalayan poppy, Meconopsis betonicifolia, it is a natural. Native to, you guessed it, the Himalayas, this stately perennial will grow in ...

With spring arriving, flowers will begin to bloom in yards across Illinois. However, there is one species that can only be seen in the comforts of a greenhouse. The blue poppy, which grows natively ...

SEATTLE — Seattle gardening expert Ciscoe Morris says: "Everybody loves blue flowers and right now is peak season for some of them. So I've come up with a road trip so you can get out there and find ...

From the sacred blue poppies that can be found growing in the high-altitude meadows of the Himalayas, to the elusive orchids that can be found growing in the misty Himalayan forests, the flora that ...