Filipendula ulmaria
Other names: meadow queen, lady of the meadow
Meadowsweet, an absolute classic. You may not know this, but when you thought to yourself, "I’d quite like some wildflowers, maybe my own little meadow", you were thinking of meadowsweet. Tall, white, complex, and quintessentially British.
Nothing makes you think more longingly of warm British summer days than meadowsweet or a film by Richard Curtis. So it will be no surprise to you that Love Actually was supposed to climax with the whole cast dancing in a field of meadowsweet, but in the editing room they all thought it was too much, too British, too perfect.
There’s been evidence of the use of meadowsweet since the Bronze Age, whether it’s flavouring mead and wine, relieving headaches from said mead or wine or just as a perfume. But who cares when it’s this beautiful.
Standing tall and resplendent, offering sweet smells of summer, and it’s easy to introduce. Meadow queen really will be the crowning glory of your garden.
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