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A member of the geranium family, Herb Robert is also unkindly called Stinky Robert. Not the most fragrant flower in Nature, it tends to lurk in rather dingy places – shaded spots in hedges, neglected gardens, waste places, and coastal thickets – in soil rich in organic matter. Continue reading

There are some seventy species of the genus Platanthera, most of them found in North America. European species are known as woodland hyacinths, perhaps because of their penetrating scent and a slight resemblance of their flowers to those of a hyacinth. Continue reading

No matter how large and luscious a garden strawberry is, somehow its aroma cannot begin to compare with that of the Wild Strawberry growing in a sunny woodland clearing. Continue reading