Thoresby Cottage has an amazing pattern for a crochet poppy that most can complete ... is easy enough for beginners to try. For a more simple flower, try this pattern from Hello Yellow Yarn.

The poppy has a long association with Remembrance Day. But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol of our remembrance of the sacrifices made in past wars? Scarlet corn ...

Eating even a small amount of food containing poppy seed can lead to a false positive ... for their association with WW1 and WW2, the flower has long been linked with young men dying too soon ...

The four contenders were Poppy (for the flower), Juniper (for the evergreen ... Poppy flips her ears, wiggles around and inspects the camera. It’s easy to see why the babies of this species ...