Memorial Day - 2007

Here are some blogs and articles that offer garden-landscape design ideas for using corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) to enliven summer gardens while symbolizing remembrance.

Papaver rhoeas, corn poppy or Flanders poppy, a sign of blood and new life since ancient Egyptian dynasties, is now a poignant symbol of wartime sacrifice and remembrance. Growing up in the Midwest U.S., I remember little red paper poppies sold by veterans as a symbol of Veterans' Day (U.S.A.). I also remember pictures of the Queen of England wearing a red paper poppy for Remembrance Day ceremonies (England and Commonwealth Countries) in the autumn. More and more, corn poppies also represent Memorial Day (U.S.A.) in early summer.

Memorial Day – 2007: Poppies (Papaver rhoeas) for Landscape Gardens, a current Landscaping article, outlines six Suite101 Landscaping articles and three blogs about growing and using poppies in garden landscapes:

1. Corn Poppies Grow in Wheat Fields
2. Poppies and Landscapes of War
3. Poppies and Remembrance
4. Landscapes of Poppies
5. Poppies and Landscape Design
6. Poppies and Landscapes of War
7. Integrate Poppies into the Landscape
8. Poppies in Residential Gardens
9. Annual Poppies as Landscape Focus

I hope the articles and blogs stimulate many ideas, and I hope you enjoy them and your early summer garden.