Remembrance Day

What happens

The corn poppy grew thickly on the broken ground of the Western Front, and in 1915 the Canadian doctor John McCrae wrote of it in his poem In Flanders Fields. After the war the poppy became the emblem of remembrance. In Britain, Canada and other Commonwealth countries paper poppies are sold for veterans' charities in the weeks before 11 November, and wreaths of them are laid at memorials at eleven o'clock. France has its own flower, the blue cornflower, the bleuet.

The flowers

Remembrance poppyThe paper poppy worn on the lapel.Common poppyThe corn poppy of the Flanders fields.Bleuet de FranceThe French emblem, a blue cornflower.WreathPoppy wreaths are laid at eleven o'clock.

More flowers and customs of Remembrance Day

RosemarySalvia rosmarinus A fragrant evergreen shrub with needle-like leaves and purple, blue, or white flowers 🇪🇸 Spain and 5 more · Flowering shrub Forget-me-notMyosotis Small blue wildflowers known for remembrance and love 🇳🇿 New Zealand and 7 more · Wildflower Decoration White poppy A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov Poppy Bright-petalled flowers grown for gardens, seeds, and remembrance 🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Wildflower Place Kings Park A vast park and botanic garden overlooking Perth, famous for wildflowers and memorials Perth, 🇦🇺 Australia · Botanical garden, September