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the cottage giant that towers eight feet while pretending to be a humble garden afterthought.
medieval nameholy + hock, meaning marsh mallow plant
outhouse markeronce planted to discreetly signal the privy
edible flowerspetals brew tea and tint it blue
biennial bloomerspends year one as leaves, year two soaring
bee magnetpollinators dive headfirst into its open trumpets