Every year, Martha and I grow dozens of poppy varieties ... very distinct and attractive seed pods. (Some types of poppies ...

This perfect combination makes these heads distinct in any composition without drawing too much attention to them. Aside from flower and decorative compositions, dried poppy seeds are effectively ...

5. Poppies are needed to make morphine Morphine is created from the milky latex in the seed head of the opium poppy. For this reason, the poppy is featured on the Royal College of Anaesthetists ...

Eating the infamous poppy seed cake known as makowiec, one of Poland’s most popular sweet foods, is also a scandalising way to put morphine into your system. Culture.pl looks at its seemingly innocent ...