July verges (1)

Whilst Monmouthshire County Council have not managed to follow through on the major reduction of unnecessary verge cutting they were planning, there are still a number of valuable verges around. This show of Common Spotted Orchids from a verge near the village is not supposed to be one of the formally protected ones but it has managed to escape the cutters this year. A few yards further along where the verge is protected there are many more orchids and also Rough Hawkbits, Knapweed and other delight.