Dungeness

[poliphilo]

Dungeness is the biggest expanse of shingle in Europe. On one side is the English Channel and on the other is Romney Marsh- which is an otherworldly place but not as otherworldly as Dungeness.  People live here in shacks and rejigged railway carriages. There are two lighthouses and a big, blocky power station which hums. The shingle is dotted with plants that look like a cross between cabbage and seaweed.

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[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

That's a very splendid plant! Any idea what it is?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

cmcmck says sea kale and puddleshark says halophytes (which would be the correct botanical name). I had been thinking sea kale myself- just because that's what its form suggests. I've just looked it up and apparently it has white flowers at the proper time of year.