An Ode Of Plant Names Poem by Sheena Blackhall

Sally-my-handsome, Blue-eyed Mary
Black-Eyed-Susan and Bouncing Bett
Creeping Jenny, Rosemary, Bryony
Goldilock's Aster, Mignonette

Grace of Parnassus, Enchanter's nightshade
Henbane, Monkshood and Travellers' Joy
Houndstongue, pignut, trailing snapdragon
Star of Bethlehem, pheasant's eye

Goatsbird, beggarticks, ploughman's spikenard
Somerset-skull cap, quince, thorn-apple
Nightshade, wood-sage, eelgrass, Timothy
Devil's bit scabious and stinging nettle


Common fiddleneck, Venus looking glass
Ox-eyed daisy, hornbeam, teasel
Love-lies- bleeding and gold of pleasure
Adderstongue, larkspur, sneezewort, chervil

Mousetail, goosefoot, gingerbread sedge
Touch-me-not balsam, thrift and hogweed
Honesty, purslane, moon carrot, toad-flax
Pyramidal bugle, speedwell, bladder-seed

Ragged robin, hemlock, buttercup
Portland splurge, fennel, Virgin's bower
Love-in-mist and bastard agrimony
Monk's rhubarb, Canterbury bells, Pasque flower

Jacob's ladder, snowdrop, greater periwinkle
Snakeshead ivy and camomile
Eyebright, starfruit, lily of the valley
Cloudberry, lamb's ear and bright trefoil