For over half a century, one thing was a constant in the Oval Office: the Swedish ivy plant above ... During President Joe Biden’s time in the White House, the ivy once again grew bushier.

Golf trophies? Kirkpatrick noticed the change because he has a propagation of the Swedish ivy - a gift from a friend of a friend who worked at the White House - in his Eastern Shore home.

But there is also this: Why would an Irish ambassador give the White House a plant called “Swedish ivy”? Our man in Washington during the Kennedy years was Thomas J Kiernan. And I see from The ...