The Benefits of Wildflower Planting

More and more, we’ve been featuring wildflower areas on our developments of new homes. Blooming wildflowers provide a burst of colour to our developments, but more importantly, they attract pollinators such as bees and butterflies, which are responsible for a huge percentage of the food we eat.

Wildflowers provide pollinators and insects with food from leaves, pollen, nectar, shelter and places to breed. Pollinators then return the favour by transferring pollen, enabling the wildflowers to develop seeds that produce more flowers. Many of our favourite fruits, vegetables and nuts rely on insect pollination.

Whilst we might only notice them during bloom time, wildflowers are helpful year-round as they provide bees (and other insects that pollinate plants) with local food sources across the seasons – including times when crops aren’t producing flowers.

Wildflowers can also be really helpful to keep soil healthy. When wildflowers become established and spread their complex root system, they stabilise the surrounding soil. This means that when there is a lot of rainfall, soil particles and nutrients stored in the ground stick around and the soil stays healthy.

Our current developments in Shireoaks and Wingerworth both features areas of wildflower planting, supplemented with fruit trees and our upcoming development of new homes in Bolsover, Chesterfield will also include a mix of wildflower planting and wildlife friendly features.

Stancliffe Homes are a new home builder based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Our business is driven by delivering high quality homes and creating sustainable, thriving communities at each of our developments.