Its botanical name is taraxacum, and there are more than 200 species of them in the UK. Not that the vast majority of us can tell those 200 apart.
They are one of the best flowers to have in your garden if you want to encourage bio-diversity, as their pollen and nectar rich flowers arrive early in the year and the plants then keep on flowering. And it’s not just their flowers, the birds love them for their seeds and us humans have discovered the rest of the plant is great for herbal remedies and apparently also wine. The humble dandelion is so much more than a weed.
Cherish rather than banish the dandelion
The life of B 
Perfect timing and great shots of the humble dandelion, Becky. Our backyard grass is host to quite a few dandies, and my hubby want to weed them out. I’m making him read this post 😁
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thanks Terri, and here’s to dandelions in all our lawns!
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