What a delight to see and a good reason to be a little "untidy" with formal flower beds -- delaying removing flowers that have "gone over" and leaving cornflowers to go to seed for goldfinches, which feast on them.
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Friday, 19 June 2015
Cornflowers gone to seed; a magnet for Goldfinches
What a delight to see and a good reason to be a little "untidy" with formal flower beds -- delaying removing flowers that have "gone over" and leaving cornflowers to go to seed for goldfinches, which feast on them.
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