An ambitious community initiative is taking root in the hills and valleys of Altadena in the wake of the Eaton Fire, with the goal of planting 100 million Calif ...

1. Worm castings are recommended for control of insect pests on plants. The reason for this is that worm castings contain an enzyme known as chitinase that breaks down chitin, the major constituent in ...

Imagine Altadena in the spring. That’s what René Amy did when he created and funded the Great Altadena Poppy Project. The image persisted even as the 65-year-old community activist spent the past 10 ...

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 after ...

The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California native wildflower. It is indigenous to western North America. In 1816, a ship from ...

• California’s official state flower, the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), is celebrated every year on April 6, California Poppy Day. • The California poppy has been the state’s official ...

Their vision is to transform L.A.'s vacant, fire-scarred neighborhoods into fields of California poppies and other native ...

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California ...