poppy
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From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Flowers played a prominent role, with a spray of daffodils bursting from one skirt or the red-orange petals of California's poppy, the state flower, cascading down a dress.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
That means seeking out flavors far beyond the realm of sesame and poppy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Times Plants Booth will be giving away hundreds of four-inch plants, plant-inspired stickers and packets of sunflower seeds and California poppy seeds if you sign up for the Plants newsletter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
“Thousands of them are buried under the poppy fields.”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
The soldiers are shadowed by an allegorical figure carrying poppies, symbolizing sleep—an analog, in the art of the time, for death—and a laurel branch symbolizing peace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
John Pickles, a "postcode gardener" with Friends of the Earth, said a patch of grass on the Orchard Park estate had been brought to life with flowers including ox-eye daisies, purple thistles and yellow poppies.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She also spread Theodore Payne’s Rainbow Mix wildflower seeds throughout the landscape, including California poppies, Arroyo lupine, Desert Bluebells and Clarkia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Right now, poppies are popping at the reserve in the western Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Some dazzled his eyes with the glory of full- grown poppies.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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