A feast for wildlife
The increased diversity of bees, butterflies, moths, flies and beetles attracts bats, birds, spiders, small mammals and grass snakes. Seedheads attract birds, in particular goldfinches in late summer.
To extend the season we don't limit ourselves to native wildflowers. For example, we have naturalised spring-flowering bulbs such as Narcissus cyclamineus (cyclamen-flowered daffodil) and N. bulbocodium (hoop petticoat daffodil) from Portugal and Spain. Blue and white camassias appear in late spring.
