They still do flourish: that poem became a sensation and the poppy became a symbol of remembrance. From the end of October, poppies—sold by the Royal British Legion ( rbl) to raise money for veterans ...

Once a year in November, British people (royals included) honor fallen troops by wearing a crimson poppy. A century-old tradition, the flower has now come to symbolize hope and gratitude.

And while the rose, poppy, and peace lily are all three historically significant flowers, there is no bloom with as deep a ...

Kerby is a trained ecologist, geographer and photographer whose career has largely been centered on a quest to understand nature’s patterns and sharing his discoveries. Phenology, or the seasonal ...

Residents of a Shropshire village have knitted thousands of poppies which are on display, cascading down their local church.

In 1915, John McCrae, a doctor serving with the Canadian Artillery, made note of this phenomenon in his poem, In Flanders ...

The new villain for Poppy Playtime Chapter Four has been revealed. Yarnaby, as the name suggests, is a toy made of yarn. Adorable right? Wrong. This being Poppy Playtime, the little doll is far ...

Sainsbury’s has teamed up with the RBL to offer specialist recycling of the existing single-use plastic flowers. This year, the RBL hopes to raise £40million through its Poppy Appeal ...

Every year, as the leaves turn and November draws near, millions across the world unite in a simple, profound gesture: they ...

It sounds like a joke: poppy seeds infused with opioids. Indeed, it was a plotline on the sitcom Seinfeld. But for some it has been a tragedy. People have died after drinking tea brewed from ...

We’ve already had some incredible music from Poppy this year (her own singles they’re all around us and New Way Out, plus collabs with Knocked Loose and Bad Omens), but now we’re about to ...

A new Army regulation is advising soldiers to avoid eating foods with poppy seeds over concerns that troops could inadvertently fail a drug screening. While poppy seeds are often an ingredient in ...