I think it's Meadowsweet .... leaves don't look right for ground elder to me ... I love Meadowsweet ... as its name suggests the flowers are beautifully scented and look a bit like an astilbe ... they were used to flavour mead and were venerated by the Druids ... it has lots of uses in the kitchen and was used to strew on the floor in Tudor times to counteract foul smells ... gorgeous plant, and as you say ... happiest in damp meadows.
It’s fantastic Dove, I’ve only kept 2 big plants down by the pond in the wild area. It’s always been a plant that I’ve liked from a child, whenever I saw it, in fact still do have to stop and pick the first flowers, just to sniff it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I wouldn’t pick the flowers, I need to go down there and smell them😀 I suppose if you had a field full of them, but I only wanted two plants, plus the self seeders. My daughter bought me some bath products once, gorgeous.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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It’s always been a plant that I’ve liked from a child, whenever I saw it, in fact still do have to stop and pick the first flowers, just to sniff it.
I suppose if you had a field full of them, but I only wanted two plants, plus the self seeders.
My daughter bought me some bath products once, gorgeous.