{"id":138931,"date":"2023-08-25T17:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/10-wildflower-seeds-to-collect-now-from-wild-carrot-to-welsh-poppies\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:09:29","slug":"10-wildflower-seeds-to-collect-now-from-wild-carrot-to-welsh-poppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/10-wildflower-seeds-to-collect-now-from-wild-carrot-to-welsh-poppies\/","title":{"rendered":"10 wildflower seeds to collect now, from wild carrot to Welsh poppies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis is the ideal time to forage for seeds in the wild \u2013 to plant species that will attract pollinators next summerIn an effort to develop my newly aquired garden as inexpensively and sustainably as possible, I am raising as many plants as I can from seed. Among the perennials I sowed last year \u2013 echinaceas, salvias, sea holly, calamint \u2013 I include a few wildflowers whose seed I had collected from local hedgerows: field scabious, teasel, white campion, wild carrot. These plants produced blooms this summer that were attractive and magnets for pollinators, including species of bee, beetle and hoverfly. No single action in the garden has felt as deeply rewarding.Amid an intensifying biodiversity crisis in which insect species are in significant decline, it is heartening to see a growing appreciation for weeds and wildflowers \u2013 plants that pollinators rely on for forage and habitat. Many gardeners are now loosening tidiness, abandoning destructive pesticides and welcoming interlopers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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