Hi there, Can anyone tell me of an authorative source where I can find out which plants are particularly attractive to insects. I'm assessing roadside verge...
... Hi Carole, The short answer is probably: Flora for Fauna web site, but I think you need to clarify the question: do you mean attractive as in "insect...
Hello, 7 December 2004 The most attractive of the four and two century old large Chestnut Trees in Buckingham Park has now been butchered. It had received a...
HI Carol Just to follow on an Malcolms words of Wisdom ( and very excellent site ) Insects as Malcolm alludes are many and plants may used for a variety of...
All a bit sad Andy as our Chestnut is a fine tree that has kept a bald man dry on many a wet day, I personsally could not eat a whole one but wouild be very...
Hello, I do not think the new trees will have any trouble growing, (hundreds of saplings, like weeds, in the big expanses when the trees were demolished by the...
Hello, Pictures have now been uploaded at http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Chestnut.html Anybody like to venture (from experience) the future appearance of the ...
Hi Malcolm, Thanks for your help. I guess I need plants which are important in the life cycles of the rarer insects such as Hippocrepis comosa and the...
Hello, Flora for Fauna http://www.nhm.ac.uk/science/projects/fff/index.htm I do not use their database, it is not accurate as it is only a rough guide. But we...
Hello, It has NOT been killed but it has been cut back so brutally (and unnecessarily) that it now looks ugly and I expect it will always do so. I know it will...
Hello, Better pictures are on: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Chestnut.html In the past they have tended to lop of one large branch at a time on the older trees....
Interesting article on the use of 'web beacons' by Yahoo. http://www.infopackets.com/gazette/20041209.htm Phil L [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Food for thought!! The updated red list of threatened species was published last week by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). It shows another increase in the...
Yahoo has been doing this for a while. There is an opt-out as described in the article, though, as it says, you need to be careful not to click the button that...
Hi Folks Forgive the blatant post. Are there any Naturalists Amateur of otherwise or Natural History Societies based in and around Yorkshire or N of England...
Hello, 12 December 2004 I have now discovered they have hacked away at the other younger Chestnut Tree near the Bowling Green at Buckingham Park, Shoreham,...
... Hi Carole, Two useful tips for Googling: 1. Use UK Google: http://www.google.co.uk/ then you can tell it to just search UK pages. 2. Put "Fauna for Flora"...
Hello, I would be interested to know if there was a list anywhere for chalkhill plants. The butterfly and moth plants will be listed somewhere convenient. ...
Dear Members, Wessex Gardening Club have set up a "Weekly Gardening Tips" information line, offering free advice and ideas to gardeners. Tel: 0871 872 3863...
Andy, I have seen many emails from you on many groups over the years, none of which seem to input any definate information just complaints. It would greatly...
Anthriscus sylvestris or Queen Anne's Lace if you prefer, was flowering in a wood near me (East Sussex) today! Happy Christmas everyone! Helen Proctor ...
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Dear Members, Wessex Gardening Club have set up a "Weekly Gardening Tips" information line, offering free advice and ideas to gardeners. Tel: 0871 872 3863...
Hello, Four runs fro hitting it. I would tend to plant a different species of tree ? Chestnut or Oak ? Cheers Andy Horton [Non-text portions of this message...
Hi there, Does anyone know anything about the Ellenberg fertility values. I know they are used to determine soil fertility from flora present but don't know...
Hi Carole Sounds like you need: Hill M O, Mountford J O, Roy D B & Bunce R G H (1999) Ellenberg's Indicator Values for British Plants. ECOFACT Volume 2,...
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