Greater Stitchwort
May 20, 2020
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Flower of the Week
More often called Star of Bethlehem, but also known as Daddy’s Shirt Buttons , Wedding Cakes and Snapdragons, this is a common native wildflower, growing in meadows woodlands and verges
It has small bright white flowers – which look like stars emerging through the surrounding vegetation. The small stellar flowers have five petals, deeply divided and notched with grass like leaves. It provides a much needed source of nectar for emerging bees, butterflies and hoverflies as it flowers from April to June