This week we talk about our top three things to keep in mind when dealing with garden pests in a way that doesn’t damage wildlife, and discuss one of our favourite gardening books by Kate Bradbury. We also take a look at the glorious, glistening Celandine that could be flowering in your garden right now!
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Garden Pests
Plant pests: research and advice from the RHS entomology team / RHS Gardening
2020’s top garden pests and diseases revealed / RHS Gardening
Box tree caterpillar / RHS Gardening
Pests and diseases | www.gardenorganic.org.uk
Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything
ISBN 9781472956057
Wildlife Gardening: For Everyone and Everything from Summerfield Books
Wildlife Gardening: For Everyone and Everything | NHBS Good Reads
Common red soldier beetle | The Wildlife Trusts
Flame Brocade Trigonophora flammea – UKMoths
Lasioglossum calceatum (Scopoli,1763) | BWARS
Solitary Bee Nesting Equipment | United Kingdom | masonbees.co.uk
Lesser Celandine
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) (plantlife.org.uk)
Plantlife :: When does Lesser Celandine flower? Tradition says its today!
Ranunculus ficaria | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Oxford University Plants 400: Ficaria verna
The Glossy Petal of Ranunculus on JSTOR
Ranunculus Ficaria L. (Ficaria verna Huds.; F. Ranunculoides Moench) on JSTOR
Microsoft Word – Ranunculus ficaria.doc (gardenorganic.org.uk)
Ficaria verna ‘Orange Sorbet’ (d) | lesser celandine ‘Orange Sorbet’/RHS Gardening
Ficaria verna ‘Brazen Hussy’ | lesser celandine ‘Brazen Hussy’/RHS Gardening
Ficaria verna ‘Randall’s White’ | lesser celandine ‘Randall’s White’/RHS Gardening
Ellies Wellies Organic Gardening 