As winter comes on more birds start to visit our garden and we discuss some of the plants looking good right now. Then, our guest Dr Ian Bedford tells us about how he gardens for wildlife and insects. We also discuss a botanical mystery about the fabulous native shrub Daphne mezereum, which is followed by our native plant of the week, the incredible Crab Apple.
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Sightings
Dunnock Bird Facts | Prunella Modularis – The RSPB
Starling Bird Facts | Sturnus Vulgaris – The RSPB
Goldcrest Bird Facts | Regulus Regulus – The RSPB
Cotinus coggygria|smoke tree/RHS Gardening
Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ – BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine (gardenersworld.com)
News
QQR 7 | JNCC – Adviser to Government on Nature Conservation
Edinburgh Journal of Botany (rbge.org.uk)
Dr Ian Bedford
Dr Ian Bedford (Garden Club Speaker) (myfreesites.net)
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Botanical mystery
Oxford University Plants 400: Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora (brc.ac.uk)
Daphne mezereum – BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine (gardenersworld.com)
Shillelagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDZtvfTkz4
Crab Apple
Black-clouded Longhorn Beetle agg. | NatureSpot
Crabapples as pollinators (nsw.gov.au)
Rosaceae | plant family | Britannica
Malus sylvestris|crab apple/RHS Gardening
Ellies Wellies Organic Gardening 