Jul 11, 2021
Plant of the Day
Sunday 11 July 2021
Growing in well-drained, sunny grassland with low nitrogen levels was the vibrant Lotus corniculatus (bird's foot trefoil, eggs and bacon, granny's toenails) on the island of Westray, Orkney. Here the perennial is nature’s decoration for this ‘noust’, a place where a boat can be hauled up and kept ashore. The flowers provide nectar for bees and the foliage a larval food for some butterflies and moths.
Jill Raggett