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 a rare hue for most garden flowers, but with the Himalayan poppy, Meconopsis betonicifolia, it is a natural. Native to, you guessed it, the Himalayas, this stately perennial will grow in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to correct the description of Shannon Still. Vegeta from the anime “Dragon Ball-Z” could’ve been thinking about Longwood Gardens when he screamed his famous ...

The Indian Himalayas are more than just snow-capped mountain ranges and beautiful scenery; it is also the home of one of the world’s most biodiverse alpine regions. Stretching across much of Jammu and ...

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 ...