This is a story about the rare Tibetan blue poppy, an eccentric British plant collector and three Canadian women who have ...

Want a vibrant garden without breaking the bank? You can start these 13 flowers from seed and skip on buying the costlier nursey-grown young plants.

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Himalayan blue poppy Blue bloom stop #4 We saved the biggest blue for last. "This is the queen of the blue flowers — the Himalayan blue poppy!" Ciscoe said.

Instead, several sepals sprout alongside as many as 75 miniature stamens. The flower is usually blue or purple but can also have red, pink, white, or bi-colored blooms.

Bhutan’s national flower, Meconopsis Grandis, or Himalayan blue poppy as is it popularly known, is a flower so enchantingly blue that it instantly commands undivided attention. Growing only ...

"It is the most heavenly blue flower," says Ms. Bowditch, an avid flower-show competitor who once taught horticulture classes at Temple University and lives most of the year in Philadelphia.

Environment Food & Drink Garden Lifestyle Pacific NW Magazine Federal Way field of blue poppies is a showstopper Originally published May 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm Updated May 5, 2012 at 9:01 pm ...