Gardening: A perfect fit for summer

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Jul 2015, 14:00 BST
Bees love the foxglove's pollen.Bees love the foxglove's pollen.
Bees love the foxglove's pollen.
How did the foxglove get its name? David Overend reports.

Opportunist is a word applied to quite a few plants – particularly invasive weeds. Occasionally, however, it fits 
the bill with a handsome flower.

So it is that just when it seemed that it couldn’t get any better for the not-so-humble foxglove, summer 2015 comes along and gives the flower the chance to show its ability to be an opportunist.