Wildflowers for Wildlife

Robin Attracting birds to your garden  by growing the right wildflowers can be a natural  alternative or supplement to buying Wild bird food.  Grown correctly, wildflowers can offer a permanent  food source for garden birds   through the important winter months and rest of the year.  Seed-eating birds Many garden birds rely on seeds as their main food source. They can usually be identified by their thicker bills for example House sparrows and Fiches. In nature, such birds dep

<p>The Royal Horticultural Society has compiled lists of bee friendly plants and bee friendly wild flowers in an effort to halt the decline of bees and other pollinating insects. Their decline is believed to be partly linked</p>

There are several hundred species of bees native to the British Isles and with many in decline or “at risk”; there has never been better time to give them a helping hand by growing a few native wildflowers. It is hard to find many wildflower species that aren’t good for bees, however it is probably also fair to say, that certain varieties may be somewhat better than others. Viper’s Bugloss, Wild Thyme, Foxgloves, Hedge Woundwort are some notable examples of plants that are ex

One of the many benefits of growing wildflowers is that they will attract a wide variety of insects including butterflies and moths. Wild meadow grasses will also attract butterflies, in particular meadow browns and skippers. Butterflies will visit many wildflowers for the pollen and nectar, drawn by the sweet scent. Then there are specific wildflowers that will act as host plants for breeding butterflies. Often a particular species of butterfly will have it’s own specific ho