Top 17 Types of Poppies Every Gardener Should Know

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Poppies are any flowering plants of the Papaveraceae family, which contains 44 genera and over 800 species, the most notable of which belong to the genus Papaver. Poppy flowers are very distinctive and both their blooms and seed capsules are easily recognized.  Poppy flowers are important symbols in today’s society, the California Poppy is the … Read more