such as ' Kiss-me-by-the-garden-gate ' for a pansy or ' Pollydishwasher for a woodiouse?
Names descriptive, collective, classical or colloquial have some very strange origins - none stranger than the common names of Pissabed ', Jack-by-the-hedge ' and Lady's looking-glass' ...
Presenter Denis Owen
Producer ANNE BLAIR GOULD BBC Bristol long wave only