Spring is usually peak poppy season for Southern California, but limited winter showers dampened the flower species’ chances.

Poppies are one of the most delicate flowers on the planet. Their paper-thin pedals can easily be destroyed by a harsh wind or heavy rain. This simple fact makes the poppy fields in Carlsbad ...

Each spring, the reserve becomes a breathtaking spectacle as the state's official flower, the California poppy, bursts into bloom. The sight of these vibrant orange fields against the clear blue ...

These too are of a burning color — not orange, not gold, but if pure gold were liquid and could raise a cream, that golden ...

And, yes, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is open to the public ... there is the cultivated side of the coin: The Flower Fields, that ranunculus-packed wonderland found in Carlsbad ...

Usually falling around the beginning of Spring, National Flower Day returns Friday. National Flower Day is on March 21 every year despite the vernal equinox, which marks the first day of Spring, ...

"Everyone thinks people grow poppy flowers to be rich, but we are just trying hard to ... Between September and February each year, dozens of workers toil in Pekon's fields, slicing immature poppy ...

For those displaced by relentless conflict in the world’s biggest producer of opium, poppy farming offers a fragile lifeline.

The California Golden Poppy adds a rich luster to the countryside each spring and then disappears for another year.

But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol ... Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice made ...

For farmers displaced by conflict, the hardy poppy is the only thing that keeps them from starving. Read more at straitstimes ...