The Chelsea Flower Show this week provides an excellent ... That combined with a particularly hot spring in 1915 led to Flanders Field near Ypres bursting into bloom, becoming a sea of red.

The poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas ... who gave their lives in WWI after the publication of the poem “In Flanders Field” written by Lt. Colonel John McCrae. John McCrae was a Canadian brigade ...

But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent ... In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row.' In 1915, Lt-Col John McCrae, a Canadian army surgeon working in the field in France in the First World War, wrote his famously ...

These florists are five of the top rated according to Google reviews. Located at Flanders Field, Vanilla Blue Flowers has almost 150 5 star reviews. The florist is open 8am to 5pm every week day, ...