Plant poppies in fall for a jaw-dropping garden display of summer color. Learn how to grow poppy flower seeds and divide or move poppy plants.

The poppy flower has long been associated with veterans and their service, but what does it symbolize and why? The flower is commonly used on both Veterans Day and Memorial Day as a symbol to ...

The poppy flower may be single, double or semi-double. Many plants in a number of genera reside in the poppy family, Papaveraceae, and bear the name poppy.

And one flower, in particular, has come to represent the somber holiday. The poppy is officially recognized as a symbol of remembrance. May 24 is National Poppy Day.

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