They are springing up alongside roads, blooming in parks and turning our green fields into swathes of crimson.

Poppies are in full bloom around the county, serving as a striking contrast against the azure blue of summer skies.

Our photographers have been out enjoying the sunshine in Norfolk, capturing these stunning images of one of the nation's most iconic flowers.

And the scenes come as we continue through the second year of the centenary of the First World War.

The poppy has become linked with the battle, a permanent reminder of the sacrifices made.

Their significance is in part due to their natural growth in disturbed earth – they were one of the only plants to grow on the barren battlefields.

But they were enshrined as a lasting memorial to the fallen by Canadian surgeon and soldier John McCrae in his poem, Flanders Fields.

Lt McCrae, pictured below, who died in January 1918, served as a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres.

The poppy was later adopted by The Royal British Legion as the symbol for their Poppy Appeal.

This year has been a bumper year for poppies, with an unusual blend of warm weather and the surge in roadworks creating the perfect condition for wild poppies to flourish.

Construction sites disturb the poppy seeds which are lying dormant and allow them contact with sunlight.

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