tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post3971086629551966439..comments2024-03-09T16:04:59.378+00:00Comments on Calderdale Wildlife: Soil Hill 18.07.2014Brucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-35005839474413416342014-07-24T11:31:07.305+01:002014-07-24T11:31:07.305+01:00I must thank you Bruce for your precise directions...I must thank you Bruce for your precise directions of where to park the car. I found the spot without any problems. It is a great site that I shall visit again in the future as there may be more little gems to find.<br /><br />Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262526310745686639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-75556422739380170612014-07-24T09:40:50.693+01:002014-07-24T09:40:50.693+01:00Well worth going up there Alison. I don't thin...Well worth going up there Alison. I don't think the plants on Soil hill are recorded very often.Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11118262782035356905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2945686662242865677.post-11271244452270928512014-07-23T21:51:15.625+01:002014-07-23T21:51:15.625+01:00Well found Alison. I've never knowingly seen B...Well found Alison. I've never knowingly seen Bristly Oxtongue.<br />If it's not in the Halifax Flora, it's a new record. It will no doubt be in the revision when it's done.<br /><br />The Narrow-leaved Ragwort is an old favourite. I think I got the first record for Calderdale. No-one knew it so I sent it to the British Museum. I tried to get British Waterways to not strim it down (at Brookfoot Lock, Cromwell Bottom,) but the message didn't get through and they destroyed it. I had cuttings rooted and these flowered well in the garden for many years, setting a few seedlings, not too many. It is an excellent garden plant, not weed-like, and an absolute nectar feast for insects. Needs full sun and average soil, where it can form a large bush that dies down in winter. Steve Blacksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795912451617499115noreply@blogger.com