An clump of Eryngium giganteum, "Miss Willmott's Ghost", plants in an English garden in summer.

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An outside image of a clump of Eryngium giganteum, "Miss Willmott's Ghost" plants. Its name comes from the English gardener Miss Ellen Willmott who, tradition has it, used to drop seeds of this plant in other people's gardens. The following year the large silver-grey plants would appear.

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Size: 5200px × 3324px
Location: Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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