Fact File: Clover

Clover flowers are very rich in nectar and so attract many insects. The white base of the flower has a lovely taste like fresh honey.


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Fact File: Wine Grapes

 Most wine grapes are picked by machine. However, special grapes for making rare wines are carefully picked by hand.

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Fact File: Dandelion

 

When the flowers of the dandelion mature, they form feathered, cottony seeds that the wind carries far and wide.

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Fact File: Bindweed

 

If a gardener were to turn the bindweed in another direction and the bindweed could  not untangle itself and assume its natural direction from right to left, it would eventually die.

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Fact File: Poinsettia

 

 The poinsettia is a popular houseplant also used as a Christmas decoration. What look like the bright red petals are actually a kind of leaf. The ral flowers are tiny green dots in the middle.

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Fact File: King Charles V

 

King Charles V of France adopted three golden fluers-de-lis on a blue field as his coat of arms in the 14th century. The design is also a symbol for north on the compass.

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Fact File: Yellow Water Lilies

Yellow water lilies are found in lakes, ponds and rivers. Bulrushes grow in marsehs or in shallow water. They have tough stems which are round or triangular and up to 3.7 m (12 feet) tall. Their tiny flowers are clustered into small brownish spikelets at or near the tops of the stems.

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Fact File: Plants Feel

Some plants have sensitive hairs on their leaves. If an unsuspecting insect lands on these sticky hairs, it will quickly find its legs hopelessly entangled.

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Fact File: Dodder

Once dodder has established itself, it produces a mass of pink threads which cover the host plant and weaken it severely.


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