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DAYBREAK WITH EVONNE FERGUSON

Foxglove Image Name: Foxglove Description: Foxglove

Join ecologist, Anja Murray, every Saturday morning at 9.20 for Nature File – a celebratory journey to the lesser known realms of nature in Ireland.

Episode 17 – Foxgloves

Foxgloves are in bloom through May and June, brightening the hills and woods with their tower of bell-shaped flowers. Foxgloves are named after an ancient instrument made up of bells called a ‘gleow’ — and so it follows that these tall flower heads must be a ‘gloew’ for foxes and faerie folk. Nature File this week explores the myths and ecological properties of this much loved and familiar foxglove.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 11th July, 7am-10am