Today marks the evacuation of Saint Kilda, an Atlantic archipelago over a hundred miles off the west coast of Scotland. In the morning of August 29, 1930, the last 36 inhabitants left from Hirta, the inhabited island on HMS Harebell for resettlement on the mainland. Since then the islands have been left as a nature reserve. And they left behind a botanical puzzle. In 2010, a group of botanists sailed to Saint Kilda to look at the flora. Among the things they found was a dandelion. It was an unusually hairy dandelion, and close examination has led to it being classified as a new species, Taraxacum pankhurstianum. At the moment it’s unknown if it evolved in situ and is endemic to the archipelago, or if it’s an arrival from elsewhere. It’s also not clear if, like the human inhabitants, its days are numbered. While humans left the islands, sheep did not. Both live around the abandoned village as it’s reclaimed by nature. How to Play Six plants fill each row each column, each box of six no bloom may repeat Tap an empty cell then choose your plant from below watch the garden grow Or pick a plant first then tap the cells where it goes faster hands plant more Red borders will warn when two alike share a line rethink and replant Ticked plants rest complete all six placed in rightful soil fewer choices left The clock starts to run the moment your first plant falls how swift is your hand? Select a plant, then tap cells Two ways to play: Tap an empty cell then pick a plant, or select a plant below then tap cells to place it.