Nature's wallflower provides the last dance of summer

[WD-40]

News from the RSPB site

The ivy, which is one of the last flowers of the year to provide nectar, is an attractive source of food, and across the UK it is sustaining butterflies and a myriad of other insects still on the wing, thanks to the unseasonably warm weather

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[ladylouise62]

I have ivy in my garden and despite my Mum regularly suggesting that I get rid of it I just try and keep it in hand (not always successfully). It's great for insects and the sparrows love sitting in it (those without nests need somewhere to go). The late nectar is not a big thing as I have quite a few shrubs and plants in the garden which do that.. but the insects in it provide food for the birds. I like ivy even if it's a lot of work

[rolf]

Me too, unfortunately it can be pretty destructive.