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Can you please tell me why Scottish Remembrance Poppies have no green leaf and English Poppies do?
Kathleen McDonald
poppyscotland.org.uk answer:
“Unlike the English poppy, the Scottish poppy has four petals and no leaf. Apart from being botanically incorrect, to put a leaf on each of our poppies would cost £15,000 each year, money we feel is better spent on supporting veterans and their dependants in Scotland.”
Money raised from the selling of poppies in Scotland goes to the Earl Haig Fund, where as the money raised in the rest of the UK go to the Royal British Legion. Could this also be the reason why the poppies are different, so people know where the money will go?
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why do they put a leaf on them when as far as i am aware poppies dont have a leaf
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