Meadow Cranesbill and Common Mallow still flowering and attracting insects on the #allotment ..
#GrowNatives4Nature

The Hemp Agrimony, a tall perennial, one among many native flowering plants far more attractive to a diverse range of butterflies and other insects than the non-native & ubiquitous Budleja davidii.
Photos from the #SouthDowns and #allotment from this season only.
#GrowNatives4Nature

#Smallcopper hitching a ride on #Peacock in #HempAgrimony refreshed by last weeks rain & lady #Blue possibly laying her last egg in the #Birdsfoottrefoil

#butterflies 🦋in the #realbutterflyplants on the #allotment in today ..

Budleja davidii flowers on site are all brown.

#GrowNatives4Nature

A male Common Blue butterfly in full #SlavaUkraini mode this morning along the #DykeApproach path!
#botany #Fleabane
#butterflies
#GrowNatives4Nature

wildlife further along the food chain, as vital for nature to be thriving in this country.
On the whole though, nature is not thriving in this country.
#GrowNatives4Nature 🙏

Step up to the Plate.

#Fleabane #Nature #GrowNatives4Nature

even the most common bumblebee that is everywhere, native or non, the Buff-tailed, will be bending the slight flower stems with its weight as it partakes in the nectar bounty of the Bird's-foot trefoil.
Yet no-body has ever called it the little "butterfly bush" 🙄
#GrowNatives4Nature 🙏