Dandelions

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I live in a new build with a strip of grass at the side of my house by the road. It’s completely free of dandelions but i know they are important for wildlife. If I leave it will they appear in their own time or could/should I pop down the road to the older houses and pick some dandelion clocks to scatter about?

Ha! "The Royal Horticultural Society has given [alchemilla mollis] its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM)." I wonder when they will give it to the dandelion.

I'm sure the dandelions will win the battle anyway!
Don't I know it! They don't need any encouragement.

Dandelions are also great for little birds like goldfinches. I always leave our lawn full of dandelions for the queen bees and once they go to seed the goldfinches come and eat the seeds. It's amazing how delicately they manage to perch on the stems to pluck the seeds. OP clover is also a good one to seed/encourage on grass verges and lawns, it's perennial so you don't have to mow it down like an annual meadow and the bees love it and it's in flower for most of the year once it gets going in late spring. There's a few different types, yellow, pink, red as well as the white one.