duke
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While mowing the lawn I stopped to take a pic. Collection of, Orange and Yellow Hawkweed, Ox Eye Daisy, Meadow Sweet, Purple Vetch and Bird's- Foot Trefoil.
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Wild Flowers
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Few years back I had to go to the Royal United Hospital in Bath - driving from Frome to the Park and Ride (free parking/buy a bus ticket) for the bus to the RUH. On the trip, from the P&R, theres a roundabout... usually full of weeds and unkempt. This time someone in the council or highways department had had it sown with lots of wildflower seeds. It was an absolute joy to see - all the wildflowers we used to see growing in the fields as a youngster. Sadly they've not repeated it since 
. Possibly because it caused a lot of traffic to drive slower while admiring the combined colours...
There's plenty of places along road verges and unkempt roundabouts that could be planted to the benefit of our wildlife as well as those using the roads...
Add: we used to take the dogs for walks in some local fields just up the road... there was one area that had lots of ox-eye daisy growing... it's now all gone and been replaced by a housing development
. Possibly because it caused a lot of traffic to drive slower while admiring the combined colours...There's plenty of places along road verges and unkempt roundabouts that could be planted to the benefit of our wildlife as well as those using the roads...
Add: we used to take the dogs for walks in some local fields just up the road... there was one area that had lots of ox-eye daisy growing... it's now all gone and been replaced by a housing development