Meadowsweet ( Filipendula ulmaria)

A Tudor lady expecting a visit from Queen Elizabeth 1st would have covered her floors with freshly cut meadowsweet, since this fragrant plant was the queen's favourite means of masking 16th century smells. Its common name is a corruption of an older name " medesweete" given because the plant was used to flavour Mead, the Anglo-Saxon drink made from fermented honey

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