Opium cultivation rose by 19 percent in Afghanistan this year, the UN reported Wednesday, despite a Taliban government ban ...

Either let your poppies dry out and naturally scatter seeds at the end of the growing season or sprinkle a packet of seeds ...

The drought-tolerant plant can be grown as an annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on the variety and microclimate. That's not to say that poppies are easy plants to grow, because they ...

Goodman Reporting from Grants, N.M. Never mind that everyone calls him Groovy, or that the company he oversees — Bright Green — is preparing to grow cannabis and opium poppies inside ...

The Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both “difficult to grow” and “invasive.” How can that be? Years ago ...

farmers in about 29 provinces have been growing poppies since spring. The largest amounts are grown in Badakhshan, Helmand, Herat and Nangarhar provinces. Poppies, which farmers process to make ...

Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine are derived. During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium ...

Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and from which narcotics such as morphine and codeine are derived. During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium ...

Grimes, Poppy. Credits: Arturo Holmes/MG21/Getty Images and Luis Gutierrez/ Norte Photo/Getty Images Grimes has responded to Poppy‘s recent re-ignition of they years-long feud – see what the ...