Bright red Flanders (Papaver rhoeas), also known as ... but instead of staying in a clump, this antique poppy flower spreads quickly by underground stems called stolons that root as they go.

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 ...

The Chelsea Flower Show this week provides an excellent ... immortalised it into a poem called In Flanders Field. Now, the poppy is used as a symbol of those who fought and died not only in ...