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Native And Exotic Plants In The Garden

Native against exotic plants in the garden; a complicated story. Which is best for wildlife and which is best for you?

Native And Exotic Plants In The Garden

Native against exotic plants in the garden; a complicated story. Which is best for wildlife and which is best for you?

Plants for Bugs

Plants for Bugs

Last week the RHS published the first paper from its "Plants for Bugs" four-year study in the Journal of Applied Ecology. It's an interesting read, not least because so little...

Plants for Bugs

Last week the RHS published the first paper from its "Plants for Bugs" four-year study in the Journal of Applied Ecology. It's an interesting read, not least because so little...

Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

Viper's Bugloss is one of my favourite British wildflowers. It looks like a kind of poor man's Delphinium, but flowers for ever and it's just great for bees. It's not...

Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

Viper's Bugloss is one of my favourite British wildflowers. It looks like a kind of poor man's Delphinium, but flowers for ever and it's just great for bees. It's not...

The Invertebrate Conservation Conference

Last week I had a very jolly day in London at the Invertebrate Conservation Conference. The presentations were generally high quality and surprisingly accessible to a non-specialist like me. The...

The Invertebrate Conservation Conference

Last week I had a very jolly day in London at the Invertebrate Conservation Conference. The presentations were generally high quality and surprisingly accessible to a non-specialist like me. The...

Native and non-native plants

Native and non-native plants

Today's papers reported on an RHS study which looks at "whether the geographical origin of garden plants makes a difference to the abundance and diversity of garden invertebrates." According to...

Native and non-native plants

Today's papers reported on an RHS study which looks at "whether the geographical origin of garden plants makes a difference to the abundance and diversity of garden invertebrates." According to...

There's No Pleasing Some People...

There's No Pleasing Some People...

What a fantastic summer we had. And it wasn't just us enjoying the sun - all sorts of other animals had a great time of it too. Invertebrates generally had...

There's No Pleasing Some People...

What a fantastic summer we had. And it wasn't just us enjoying the sun - all sorts of other animals had a great time of it too. Invertebrates generally had...