My Wildlife AllotmentDec 5, 2022
I like #plants with nice seed heads in #winter and planted quite a lot of them on my allotment. Some of my favourite seed heads at the moment are Echinacea purpurea which will last until the end of winter, Telekia speciosa which look great on cold sunny days, the spiky seed heads of Eryngium such as E. variifolium, and many of the grasses such as Miscanthus sinensis.
Show threadAnn Jarvis
@MyWildlifeAllotment Yes anything with seeds are a good source of food for birds. Might look a untidy garden but I am not worried about what people think
Dec 10, 2022 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadMy Wildlife AllotmentDec 12, 2022
@oldbiddy The trend is towards not tidying up the garden for winter now and helping wildlife + have more interesting looking gardens :-). So no need to worry, the people who tidy their gardens up too much are actually not going with the times. I love seeing all the seed heads and grasses, it looks beautiful now with the frost. Would be such a boring wildlife-unfriendly space if I would have cut everything down.