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Remembrance Sunday Wreath
The wreath that is laid at the Cenotaph by the Foreign and Commonwealth
Office on Remembrance Sunday is made by the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew. Fresh leaves and flowers are collected from
the Gardens on the Friday morning. Plants native to several
of the overseas territories are included in the design, which
changes each year. For example olive
is used to represent Gibraltar, parrot’s plantain to represent
the British Virgin Islands, and the chocolate box orchid
to represent the Cayman Islands. The wreath is completed
and delivered to the Foreign Office by Saturday morning.
The following plants are amongst those that are used in the wreath design:
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Common Name
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Latin Name
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Country of origin
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Slipper spurge
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Pedilanthus tithymaloides
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Anguilla
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Bermuda juniper
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Juniperus bermudiana
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Bermuda
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Bermuda snowberry
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Chiococca bermudiana
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Bermuda
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Moss species
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British Antarctic Territory
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Beach morning glory
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Ipomoea pes-caprae
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British Indian Ocean Territory
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Parrot’s plantain
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Heliconia psittacorum
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British Virgin Islands
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Chocolate box orchid
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Cattleya bowringiana
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Cayman Islands
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Empetrum nigrum
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Falkland Islands
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Olive
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Olea europaea
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Gibraltar
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Common myrtle
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Myrtus communis
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Gibraltar
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Dwarf fan palm
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Chamaerops humilis
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Gibraltar
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Anthurium hookeri
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Montserrat
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Mangrove
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Rhizophora mucronata
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Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oena Islands
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Codiaeum variegatum
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Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oena Islands
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Small bell flower
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Wahlenbergia angustifolia
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St Helena
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Old Father live-for-ever
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Pelargonium cotyledonis
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St Helena
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St Helena ebony
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Trochetiopsis ebenus
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St Helena
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St Helena boxwood
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Mellissia begonifolia
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St Helena
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Scrubwood
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Commidendrum rugosum
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St Helena Dependencies
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Moss species
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S Georgia & S Sandwich Islands
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Hamelia patens
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Find out more
 A
duplicate of the wreath laid at the Cenotaph is placed in
Kew's war memorial, at the Temple
of Arethusa, each year.
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