Keep an eye on seed books and garden centers for different poppy varieties, such as the snowy white crested prickly poppy (Argemone polyanthemos). Jennifer says, “The blousy white flowers are a ...

Not that McCrae was the first person to associate the poppy with warfare. In ‘The Folklore of Plants’, by TH Thistleton (1889) the author mentions the ‘the red poppies which grew on the field at ...

The Scottish poppy (top) looks different to poppies worn elsewhere in the UK Scottish poppies are made exclusively in Lady Haig Poppy Factory in Edinburgh. When it was established in 1926 ...

Although the poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance, the way each country makes them is very different. It is not a Scottish poppy v English poppy thing – they are both sold to raise money ...

The Poppy Factory in Richmond creates poppy products for the Royal British Legion's annual poppy appeal. Each poppy starts as a plastic stem, imported into the factory. The paper leaf and petal ...