knapweed

Un arall o'r blodau sy'n werth i'w gweld ddiwedd haf ydi'r bengaled (Centurea nigra; Common Knapweed).

Native flowers knapweed and scabious which attract butterflies to their nectar have also been planted along with bird's-foot trefoil - the main plant food of the common blue butterfly.

Butterflies particularly like bluebells, marigolds, hyacinth, garden mint, knapweed, thistles, blackberry bushes, heather and lavender among others.

The National Trust also planted 2,000 lavender plants, while the hay meadows are also full of colour with oxeye daisies, knapweed and yellow rattle all on display.

That's "weed" as in plucking away the sprigs of Colorado camelthorn and knapweed that grow between cracks in the concrete, bulldozing away the remaining asphalt skin that's layered atop and readying the surface for some major construction work.

This year some of the grasses along the coastal path are being left uncut to promote the growth of wild flowers such as Bee Orchid, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Knapweed, Pyramidal Orchid and Wild Thyme.

It is found in flower-rich grasslands, particularly those with clover, thistles, vetches and knapweed.

Although goats will eat most common weeds, they particularly like blackberry brambles, kosia, scotch broom, spotted knapweed, yellow star thistle, wild rose, and wild turnip.

Ox-eye daisies, ragged robin and knapweed all make great bombs.

Dogs previously have demonstrated the ability to detect invasive species of spotted knapweed, brown tree snakes, desert tortoises, and various cancers.

KNAPWEED MIGHT have got you mixed up with Aries this week, but it doesn't matter because it's all made up anyway.