Poppies are among the easiest plants to grow from seed. You scatter their seeds over the surface of the earth and let them sprout. This assumes, of course, that there will be a modicum of rain ...

For Southern California, “winter showers bring spring flowers” usually means millions of California poppies turn the hills and deserts orange. Mid-March is peak season for the Golden State flower, but ...

The vibrant display of flowers may not be as grand as previous years in Southern California's State Parks, officials say.

Visitors have converged on Lancaster, California, to see the first such superbloom in four years. But to the dismay of officials, the poppies have not blossomed in the state park poppy reserve.

A video from last spring shows just how many people flocked to Sutherland Drive and Virginia Court to access Shell Ridge Open space and see the California poppy superbloom. "I mean I can't ...