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More than 1,000 of London's rarest wildflowers are back, planted by volunteers

Tower mustard was once nearly gone from London — a delicate wildflower that feeds bees, butterflies and rare moths. This year, volunteers with the Mighty Mustard project, led by Citizen Zoo and Habitats & Heritage, have grown and planted out more than 1,000 of the plants at sites across the capital where it used to grow. It is the successful first year of a community-led effort that brought together land managers, conservation groups and an army of local growers who raised the plants from seed. A flower most Londoners had never heard of is now re-establishing itself, one volunteer-grown plant at a time.

The upbeat factora flower written off in the capital, carried back by its neighbours' hands.
✓ Verified · BBC News (via GhanaMMA) · 2026-10-19 · UK
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