Did you know?
The common dandelion is the subject of many myths and games, one of which suggests that if you pick it, or even just touch it, you will wet the bed - an idea that forms many of the local common names, including 'Wet-the-bed' and 'Tiddle-beds'. Our gardens are a vital resource for wildlife, providing corridors of green space between open countryside, allowing species to move about. Here in the UK's gardens provide more space for nature than all the National Nature Reserves put together and as dandelions are such good pollinators.
Its name in French is 'piss-en-lit', wet the bed. Leaves stimulate the kidneys, root stimulates the liver. Such a valuable herbal medicine. Yet we call it a weed. Love all the photos on this site of dandelions.
