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 ...

True blue is an elusive color that's seldom seen in plants or animals. This rarity is what makes blue flowers so attractive. The blue Himalayan poppy or, more commonly Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...

Blue blooms in our gardens are loved by most of us, but what we call blue flowers are mostly blends of blue and red to one degree or another. Pure blue, sky blue or true blue flowers, as they are ...

The Himalayan blue poppy is irresistible. A truly blue flower, and therefore one of nature's oddities, it is a kind of visual paradox. At once sturdy and delicate, lush and austere, it can grow to be ...

When Peggy Bowditch drives to her summer home in Maine each May, she ships her clothes by UPS so she can load the back of her station wagon with seedlings, including three trays of Himalayan blue ...