There's tons growing in the hedgerows around here too. You see them climbing the support stays for telegraph poles quite often. I cut some every autumn to dry in the house as I love the smell.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.