This time we tackle the complex topic of whether we should be planting more native plants for wildlife, and what 'native' actually means. We also get to discuss the charming Viper's-Bugloss, which is lending a blue hue to the countryside this month.
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Sightings
Small Magpie (butterfly-conservation.org)
Common Emerald (butterfly-conservation.org)
Cinnabar (butterfly-conservation.org)
ladybird_larvae.pdf (coleoptera.org.uk)
News
Orchid thought to be extinct in UK found on roof of London bank | Wild flowers | The Guardian
Serapias parviflora | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Serapias parviflora (orchidsofbritainandeurope.co.uk)
Big Butterfly Count (butterfly-conservation.org)
https://www.gardenbutterflysurvey.org
Native vs Non-Native Plants
Wildlife Gardening Home (wlgf.org)
native_non_native.pdf (wlgf.org)
Storegga slides | submarine landslides, Norwegian Sea | Britannica
Jennifer Owens studies.pdf (wlgf.org)
Biodiversity of Urban Gardens Project (shef.ac.uk)
Great Dixter Biodiversity Audit | Great Dixter Charitable Trust
Plants for Bugs - RHS science projects / RHS Gardening
Vipers Bugloss
Echium vulgare | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Viper's-bugloss | Wildflower Garden plant selector | The Wildflower Garden (love-wildflowers.org.uk)
Viper's-bugloss | The Wildlife Trusts
Echium vulgare | viper's bugloss/RHS Gardening
Echium 'Blue Bedder' - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine (gardenersworld.com)
Next Book Club
Making a Wildflower Meadow by Pam Lewis
ISBN: 9780711236103
Making a Wildflower Meadow from Summerfield Books
Making a Wildflower Meadow : Pam Lewis, : 9780711236103 : Blackwell's (blackwells.co.uk)
Ep 12. Natives vs Non-natives and Viper’s-Bugloss