Grow flame-orange California poppy flowers to light up your garden. These flowers will love the sunniest spots in your yard.

1. Worm castings are recommended for control of insect pests on plants. The reason for this is that worm castings contain an enzyme known as chitinase that breaks down chitin, the major constituent in ...

Question: We remember the fields and gardens with California poppies when we lived on the West Coast. Can we grow them in Florida? Answer: Beds of lovely orange blooms can be growing in your yard from ...

Question. I lived on the West Coast of the United States, where we grew California poppies. Can they be grown here in Florida? Answer. Area gardeners can enjoy this California State flower by sowing ...

ALTADENA, Calif. — One year after the Eaton Fire tore through Altadena, a grassroots effort is turning burned lots into symbols of recovery. The Great Altadena Poppy Project is spreading millions of ...

April 6 celebrates California Poppy Day, just as these native plants are bursting into bloom across the countryside. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, blossoms in the spring, summer and ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. Procure hyacinth bulbs now for “forcing,” a term that refers to causing a bulb to produce a flower before it normally would. Once you have your bulbs, put ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: 1. If you are religious about creating and applying compost to your vegetable plots, you will never have to do much to harvest lush crops year after year.