It’s said that McCrae, a poet and physician, was sitting on the back of a field ambulance overlooking a mass field of graves when he noticed red poppies growing. “In Flanders fields ...

Bright red Flanders (Papaver rhoeas), also known as field or corn poppies, are grown for their spectacular color. This fiery ...

In late 1914, the fields of Northern France and Flanders were once again ripped open as World War One raged through Europe's heart. Once the conflict was over the poppy was one of the only plants ...

Eating even a small amount of food containing poppy seed can lead to a false positive on drugs tests. You probably know that poppies sprung up in their thousands on Flanders fields after the ...

Its use was inspired by a poem, written by serving soldier John McCrae, which begins, "In Flanders' fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row..." The Royal British Legion stresses ...

The 85-year-old singled out immigrants for not wearing poppies. Canadian ice hockey commentator Don Cherry has caused controversy for complaining that he rarely sees people he believes to be new ...

We are talking about the corn poppy, (Papaver rhoeas) also known as the corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, coquelicot, and even, due to the strange effect of its curious ...