Nature Notes
From Louise Midgley
From Louise Midgley
The transient nature of many native British wild flowers means each species can only be appreciated during its fleeting window of performance. It isn’t us they are aiming to entertain – many wild flowers have a symbiotic relationship with the insect world, be that as a valuable food source of nectar and pollen, or as a nursery plant for the larvae of butterflies and moths. Several plants time their arrival to suit specific bedfellows; garlic mustard and cuckoo flowers bloom in spring for Orange ...