Poppy

Poppy

Fields of red

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In March and April, wild poppies spread across fields, roadsides, and empty lots, often next to yellow crown daisies. Their paper-thin petals fall within a day or two of opening, but new blooms replace them for weeks. They thrive in disturbed soil, so they grow thickly beside plowed fields and new roads. Poppies are common in Europe as well, and in much of the world they are worn as a flower of remembrance. In Israel they simply mark the arrival of spring.

Glossary: Poppy