Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)



One of the last remnants of colour left in our hedgerows in autumn (apart from red berries of course) is the brilliant white of the trumpet flowers of Hedge Bindweed.

Whilst dreaded in gardens, in its place, interwoven amongst brambles of other hedging plants the hedge bindweed has the most glorious of flowers and often, if you peek inside, there will be an insect of some sort feeding on the nectar.

This is a very common plant throughout the country and is easy to tell from its cousins, the field bindweed which is smaller and tends to creep along the ground and the sea bindweed which is, as its name implies, found in coastal locations because they tend to be pink in colour with white stripes.

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