Plant ‘thugs’ crowd roadside flowers

Bee Orchid by Julian Lambley at Three Locks on 11 May 2016

Bee Orchid by Julian Lambley at Three Locks on 11 May 2016

Wild flowers are being driven off Britain’s roadside verges by air pollution and poor management​, the charity Plantlife claims.

It says emissions from vehicle exhausts are acting as a fertiliser for a group of nitrogen-loving plants like nettles, which outcompete traditional flowers.

Plantlife article
BBC article
Telegraph article