Vergers

It has been reiterated that road verges are an important location for encouraging wild flowers and their associated animals (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/27/uk-roadsides-verge-wildlife-corridors-guidelines-wildflowers ).This has actually been pointed out over several years and it has been noted that the area of land adjacent to roads and motorways in the UK is extremely extensive. Advice is offered in the report on appropriate ways to cut and manage the verges. I am personally not in favour of simply seeding such areas with garden annuals and one has to admit that the pollutant production and collision potential of motor vehicles can make vergers  precarious locations. One might suggest that gardeners might follow some of the advice for verge management when dealing with their lawns.