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Forget-me-not

When Richard Prior M.D. wrote his book on the origin of plant names back in 1863, Forget-Me-Nots had only been known as ‘Forget-Me-Nots’ for about 40 years. Before then, their common name was ‘Mouse-Ear-Scorpion-Grass’ (a bit of a mouthful,...

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Chives

Some sources tell us wild Chives are scarce, some that they’re common; some say they tend to occur in the south west and Wales, and others that you’ll find them up north as well; in terms of the type of soil they favour there are authoritie...

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Primrose

Nothing tastier than Primrose Pottage for supper of an early spring evening. Or at least that’s what you might have thought if you were around in Tudor times when it was a highly popular dish. You’d make your pottage1 by boiling the pounded...

3 months ago
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Colt's foot

Colt’s foot is named, pretty straightforwardly, after the shape of its leaves which are said to resemble the foot of a young horse. Which they do, pretty much.

Another of its names, ‘Son-afore-father’, refers to the timing of its flowering...

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Cleavers / Goosegrass

If you walk your dogs in the countryside, you might recently have noticed fresh, young shoots of Cleavers in the hedgerows. You might also have noticed your dogs making a beeline for it.

Whippets Flint and Roxy making a beeline for Cleaver...

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