OUR WILDFLOWER OF THE MONTH - MAY

Surely it is Oxeye Daisy?

Most of the meadows we planted in 2021 are now full of Oxeye Daisy. Aside from a few flowers, it hid itself last year. This is because a transplanted wildflower that has any sense, first gets the best root-hold it can to compete with competitors like grass. Before throwing up energy-expensive flowers. In year 2, they appear in whole rosettes of a few plants. They are, unarguably delightful.

And they keep going until October!

WHAT ELSE IS FLOWERING IN OUR MEADOWS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS?

• Lawn Daisy

• Red Campion

• Ragged Robin

• Common Poppy

We would normally see some other varieties like Bird's Foot Trefoil flowering by now, but it has been extremely dry, and many wildflowers have a built in mechanism that restricts growth in drought-like conditions. Plus they cannot physically grow if they have insufficient water, so it depends on the drought tolerance of the variety.