Broadacre Estate

Last year was an annus mirabilis for wild orchids.  We have always had the common spotted orchid and in 2020  a bee orchid appeared in the grass by the front drive.  The bee orchids have been spreading steadily ever since.

In 2024 two new orchid species arrived in the garden -the pyramidal orchid and the common twayblade.  These may have arrived naturally -they are Warwickshire species but it is more likely that they came from wild orchid seed that I have scattered around from time to time.  The success rate of growing orchids from scattered seed is close to zero, but sometimes you get lucky!