As our ponds fill with croaks and tadpoles, we talk about our latest book club offering, 'The Wildlife Pond Book' by Jules Howard. To go alongside, we cover a wonderful wetland plant that is also great for gardens, the beautiful Purple Loosestrife.
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BBC Two - Springwatch, The incredible mating habits of the hairy footed flower bee
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The Wildlife Pond Book
ISBN: 9781472958327
The Wildlife Pond Book: Create Your Own Pond Paradise for Wildlife from Summerfield Books
The Wildlife Pond Book | juleshoward
Purple Loosestrife
Oxford University Plants 400: Lythrum salicaria
Lythrum salicaria (purple loosestrife) (cabi.org)
The biology of Canadian weeds. 100. Lythrum salicaria (cdnsciencepub.com)
Lythrum salicaria - BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
Lythrum salicaria | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Plantlife :: Purple loosestrife
Wildlife
HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database at the Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
BRC - Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Small Elephant Hawk-moth (butterfly-conservation.org)
Marmalade Hoverfly | Episyrphus Balteatus - The RSPB
Lythraria salicariae (Paykull, 1800) | UK Beetle Recording (coleoptera.org.uk)
Ametastegia (Ametastegia) equiseti (Fallén, 1808) - Sawflies
Cultivars
Lythrum salicaria 'Blush' | purple loosestrife 'Blush'/RHS Gardening
Lythrum salicaria 'Robert' | purple loosestrife 'Robert'/RHS Gardening
Lythrum salicaria 'Feuerkerze' | purple loosestrife 'Feuerkerze'/RHS Gardening
Ep 7. Ponds and Purple Loosestrife