Poppy Factory Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, who had created the Haig Fund to assist ex-servicemen and which still raises funds through the UK's annual poppy appeal. It grew from two employees in a former wood-chopping factory in the grounds of Whitefoord House to employ over 100 people by the mid-1930s, with a waiting list of over 300. In addition to the main task of making poppies, the employees made other goods by hand which were sold at three shops in Edinburgh and by a travelling shop throughout Scotland. The factory moved to its current premises, a former printing works,
Poppy early summer. Most species secrete latex when injured. Bees use poppies as a pollen source. The pollen of the oriental poppy, "Papaver orientale", is dark blue, that of the field or corn poppy ("Papaver rhoeas") is grey to dark green. The opium poppy, "Papaver somniferum", grows wild in eastern and southern Asia, and South Eastern Europe. It is believed that it originated in the Mediterranean region. Poppies belong to the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae, which includes the following genera: The flowers of most poppy species are attractive and are widely cultivated as annual or perennial ornamental plants. This