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Articles on Wildflowers
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The next jar of Australian honey you buy may just be doing more good than you realise.
Look out for more local flowers in your parish church, after a new ruling.
Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?
It makes great sense many plants flower when the insects and birds so vital to their reproductive success are also getting busier (and getting busy).
The author, an obsessive plant hunter, has created a botanical resource for Britain like no other.
The flowers some people dismiss as weeds have evolved fascinating ways to survive harsh places.
The nutritional needs of bees are complex and monoculture crops aren’t providing a diverse diet. Introducing more diverse wildflower meadows and green spaces could benefit wild pollinators.
Native common wildflowers provide large amounts of pollen and nectar for insects – but many are undervalued by the public.
There’s a lot of enthusiasm for wildflower fields and bug hotels. But before introducing these insect-saving measures, we need to better understand when they help – and when they don’t.
Why we need to pay more attention to these minute flowers and how they survive in some of the harshest places in the world.
Before you reach for the weed killer, spare a thought for struggling pollinators.
Many beloved wildflowers bloom in early spring, while trees are still bare and the flowers have access to sunlight. Climate change is throwing trees and wildflowers out of sync.
Tinkering around the margins of English farms won’t benefit biodiversity, research suggests.
Peggy Frew’s masterful control of Wildflowers, her fourth novel – about three sisters, once close, now estranged – promises not to engulf readers in the sorrow it must expose. Debra Adelaide reviews.
Plant care advice abounds on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube – but not all of it is good. A plant expert debunks four common recommendations.
Plus, why you should always remove grass cuttings from your lawn.
New research found colour played a major role skewing researcher bias — pretty, vibrant flowers get more scientific attention than dull plants, regardless of their ecological significance.
First ever feeding experiments reveal that solitary bees need to carb-load – and can be picky when it comes to dieting.
A diverse pollinator community is a reliable one.
Top contributors
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Professor in Plant Ecology, Murdoch University
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Professor in environmental psychology, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, CSIRO
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Lecturer, Environmental and Conservation Science, Murdoch University
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Art History, University of Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Senior Ecologist, Queensland Herbarium
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Head of Department of Sustainable Land Management, University of Reading
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Research Technician in the School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
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Communication Advisor, CSIRO
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PhD Candidate, Nutritional Ecology, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne