Around the end of May, the vast, bright red petals of the Oriental poppy ‘Beauty of Livermere’ silkily unfurl, and throughout June they are the biggest, brightest, most sumptuous flowers in my ...

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

In gardens, summer kicks off with oriental poppies, Papaver orientale ... I also grow orangeflowered Saffron and intense red Beauty of Livermere. Visit perennial nurseries such as claireaustin ...

Red hot: orientale's bold colours are back in vogue THE fortunes of plants soar and plunge in a way that would make a yo-yo dizzy. Take Oriental poppies. Ten years ago, they were scarcely to be ...