Plantwatch: Why dandelions should be left to grow in spring | Insects

DPortuguese often sees that the gardeners are brown thugs, but they have their benefits. Flowers are rich in nectar and pollen, and feed on the insects attached, which have suffered from severe declines in recent years. Numbers of flying insects in the United Kingdom 78 % decreased Since 2004, according to a survey based on paintings from complex numbers. With early spring dignity, before many other flowers, it is a special valuable food for the hungry pollinators, with dandelion nectar Particularly When early pollinators appear like wild bees, honey and hoons.
Dandelion plants are especially brilliant in prosperous in urban places and can even grow in the sidewalks, using a large root to take advantage of water and nutrients under the surface of the earth. Urban dandelion grows larger and better than those in the countryside, and flourish in The warmer urban climate . Some types of dandelions can tolerate the high levels of salt sprayed on the roads in the winter to help dissolve the ice, and carry pollution on the side of the road from traffic.
The gardeners are encouraged this month to “not MW May” by charitable life to avoid cutting the promoter and allowing weeds such as dandelion that grows.