A wealth of wildflowers
This year seems to have provided excellent conditions for both wildflowers and bu erflies. This is hardly surprising since they’ve such a symbiotic relationship. More flowers means more nectar - energy drink for bu erflies which, in the process, pollinate the flowers they’re drinking from.
In the garden at Glebe Co age, we’ve had several fritillaries, big and beautiful with orange and brown marbled wings. There have been early red admirals too – often they don’t arrive until the fruit is ripe. We’ve had peacocks and speckled woods galore.
Driving round on various trips, you’re often alongside road verges and are conscious of the wealth of wildflowers. In many cases, road verges and even motorway embankments have become the last refuge for our beleaguered wildflowers, another reason local councils need to employ caution when cu ing verges prematurely or, worse still, spraying weedkiller to appease the ‘neat and tidy’ brigade.