The Wildlife Garden Podcast
The Wildlife Garden Podcast
Ep 21. Interview: Dr Ian Bedford and Incredible Crab Apples
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Ep 21. Interview: Dr Ian Bedford and Incredible Crab Apples

As winter comes on more birds start to visit our garden and we discuss some of the plants looking good right now. Then, our guest Dr Ian Bedford tells us about how he gardens for wildlife and insects. We also discuss a botanical mystery about the fabulous native shrub Daphne mezereum, which is followed by our native plant of the week, the incredible Crab Apple.

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Websites for Wildlife Gardeners

Sightings

Dunnock Bird Facts | Prunella Modularis - The RSPB

Starling Bird Facts | Sturnus Vulgaris - The RSPB

Goldcrest Bird Facts | Regulus Regulus - The RSPB

Cotinus coggygria|smoke tree/RHS Gardening

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine (gardenersworld.com)

News

Legal protection for amphibians and reptiles update | The Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (arc-trust.org)

QQR 7 | JNCC - Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation

Edinburgh Journal of Botany (rbge.org.uk)

Dr Ian Bedford

Dr Ian Bedford (Garden Club Speaker) (myfreesites.net)

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Botanical mystery

Oxford University Plants 400: Daphne mezereum

Daphne mezereum | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)

Daphne mezereum - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine (gardenersworld.com)

Shillelagh

Crab Apple

Black-clouded Longhorn Beetle agg. | NatureSpot

Crabapples as pollinators (nsw.gov.au)

Rosaceae | plant family | Britannica

Malus sylvestris|crab apple/RHS Gardening

Grafting ornamental plants and fruit trees / RHS Gardening

Chip budding / RHS Gardening

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The Wildlife Garden Podcast
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