The purple poppy mallow, which Dahlinger said blooms from April to August, can survive droughts. Because of its capability to survive without constant rain or moisture, the flower blooms ...

Poppies are fleeting flowers, blooming in the most unlikely places, then shedding their petals at the first sign of wind or rain. But they provide pops of colour that bring borders to life.

Animal charity Murphy's Army's volunteers hand-crochet 4,000 flowers to make 'coat' for sculpture. ... The Featherstone War Horse was adorned with thousands of purple poppies at an event earlier .