But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol ... the Canadian surgeon John McCrae in his poem In Flanders Fields. The poppy came to represent the immeasurable sacrifice ...

You probably know that poppies sprung up in their thousands on Flanders fields after the fighting ... for their association with WW1 and WW2, the flower has long been linked with young men dying ...

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 ...

On the garden front, many have now laid down arms in the fight against dandelions and turned attention to other matters like flowers and shrubs, and adding beauty to the places we live and work.

Tracey Largue After the war, the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance for those who gave their lives. It was inspired by the famous poem, In Flanders Fields, which was written during World War ...

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 ...