Miss Wilmott's Ghost

[shewhomust]

Sea holly is one of the plants I pause to admire, when I come across it in other people's gardens. But I had not met this excellent variety name, until the Guardian's Allendale correspondent wrote about it yesterday. She explains that it "is named after Ellen Willmott, an early guerrilla gardener who left a trail of seeds in the gardens she visited." What a splendid memorial!

Louis the Plant Geek has the best pictures.

Comments

[lamentables]

Oooh, I want some of that!

[shewhomust]

It wants sunshine and well-drained soil, so it won't like my garden!

(Also: hello!)

[sovay]

She explains that it "is named after Ellen Willmott, an early guerrilla gardener who left a trail of seeds in the gardens she visited." What a splendid memorial!

That's so cool! I hadn't met it, either.

[shewhomust]

And yet it turns out I have visited her garden!

[sovay]

And yet it turns out I have visited her garden!

That's really cool!

[shewhomust]

I love having this journal as a searchable memory extension!