Amateur Gardening

See red in a wild meadow

ALTHOUGH wild poppies flower in summer, their symbolism is at its greatest in autumn, as our minds turn towards those who have fallen in war. This week’s free seeds are for wildflower poppies that will cut a bloody swathe through the garden and, if left, ripen and self-seed.

They are easy to

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