I’ll sing you one, O
Green grow the rushes, O
What is your one, O? etc
Having walked past the seriously fragrant Sarcococca confusa several times a day in the last couple of days, I had planned that this would be my starting point. Admiring the glossy green foliage as well as the wispy white flowers, instead of choosing my go-to arum leaves for additional glossy shiny green accent, I chose the lesser known greater woodrush, Luzula sylvatica, an undemanding grass with a neat white edge that seems happy in any condition. Spreading readily, it would make good ground cover, but is very easily removed if or when it needs taking in hand.
At this point I looked no further, with ‘Green grow the rushes, O’ and a vintage green poison bottle immediately jumping into my head. Stuffing the plant material in the bottle not only meant no room for anything else, but also an unfortunately vertical and rigid vase – it smells wonderful though, especially now all the blooms have opened, and the ‘monochrome’ green and white segues conveniently into ‘I’ll sing you one, O’, with the dice to emphasise the singularity of it and perhaps my own singularity too! I challenge you to remember any of the other verses of the song, a traditional English one – I got as far as 5 before my mind became hazy!
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