The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies ... formation in 1921. The White Poppy was first introduced by ...

The new crop of poppies are said to be thriving thanks to the light gravelly soil in Ludlow A sea of bright white and lilac poppies have bloomed in a field in south Shropshire. Photographers have ...

Here are some notable references: “In Flanders Fields”: Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae during World War I, this poem references the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen ...