Weird plants
From flowers that smell like wee to leaves that look like belly buttons, here are some of our strangest plants!
Look for the unusual flowers of lords-and-ladies in spring woodlands: a pale green sheath surrounds a spike of tiny, yellow flowers. This spike eventually forms a familiar, short stalk of striking…
Grow all sorts of vegetables and flowers up this cool wigwam!
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
Set up a ‘nectar café’ by planting flowers for pollinating insects like bees and butterflies
Turn your garden into a wildlife hotspot!
In summer, the 'frothy' flowers of lady's bedstraw can carpet the grasses of meadows, heaths and coasts with yellow and fill the air with a sweet, honey-like scent.