Poppies in bloom during November in rare tribute
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A field of blooming poppies has been hailed as a rare tribute to fallen service people on Remembrance Sunday, made possible by mild weather.
The blooms are filling a field near Guist, Norfolk, after farm manager Adrian Howes ploughed the set-aside land on the Sennon Park estate in July.
He then planted wild flowers in an attempt to deter thistles.
"Poppies are a weed which grows when land is disturbed but you normally only see them in the summer," he said.
They blossomed late because the wild-flower seeds were not planted until July.
"They shouldn't have survived until now but the weather has been very mild, we've had no frost, and so they're still there.
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