Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Full description
Meadowsweet is a robust, attractive plant with strong white flowers. It grows on damp and marshy ground, along river banks, ponds and streams, wet meadows and hedgerows.
It is intolerant of being cut when growing, but can be cut back in late autumn to encourage spring growth.
The flowers have a clear sweet smell and can be dried and used as pot-pourri.
Loved by bees.