This tradition started during World War I with the publication of poems that depicted the red poppies growing on the battlefields and between the soldiers’ graves in Flanders, Belgium ...

Almost 30,000 ceramic poppies go on display at the Tower of London. Image: Historic Royal Palaces The Tower of London will be flooded with tens of thousands of blood-red poppies later this year ...

The corn or Flanders Field poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is often seen on the lapels of people collecting for war veterans. This tradition started during World War I with the publication of poems that ...