Set in stone

The botany of Roman ruins (6 minute read)

I don’t think that anyone goes to Rome to look at plants, not even me. I love the city for its layers of history, the way I can be walking down an ordinary road and come across a Renaissance palace, a Medieval church or ancient ruins. I love the tangle of streets, with their uneven cobblestones and water fountains and tiny cars parked in the most ridicu…