But how did the distinctive red flower become such a potent symbol ... the early 19th Century transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, growing around the bodies of the fallen ...

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses ... and New Zealand wear the red flowers on November 11 each year to commemorate the anniversary of the 1918 armistice (Remembrance Day).

A summer garden filled with colorful poppy flowers starts in autumn ... spring for a stylish splash. Bright red Flanders ...