Dandelion –Taraxacum officinale– is a familiar garden plant and useful for a mini-meadow or flowering lawn. Plants grow well on most soils including fertile ones and can be introduced into short grass. Here the bright yellow flowers are very attractive to bees. Dandelion is a low growing species with a long flowering period from March to October. The flowers are followed by the familiar fluffy seed-heads often referred to as ‘clocks’. Dandelions look best growing alongside other low growing meadow plants such as Lawn Daisy, Speedwell, Bulbous Buttercup, Self heal, Forget-me-nots, Birdsfoot trefoil, and Cowslips.