Who doesn’t love a daisy! I
photographed these Echinacea’s in August 2019 at College Lake
Nature Reserve in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. A stunning
display growing amongst all the other flowers for pollinators
in the wildlife garden. College Lake is a flagship reserve of
the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust,
it has an information centre, education facilities, a café and
a shop.
Echinacea’s are a species of herbaceous flowering plants,
commonly called Coneflowers. A firm favourite in cottage
garden schemes their vibrant colours brighten up flower
borders and attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators.
Echinacea’s are tough perennials, they grow up to 4 feet and
don’t need staking, they also make wonderful cut flowers.
I never
dead-head the spent flowers of Echinacea, I always leave the
seedheads for the birds to feast on in the Autumn. Watching
Goldfinches snacking on the swinging stems is a very comical
sight, another reason to leave the seedheads to the birds. |
