Mr Hopwood-Stephens said the yellow rattle plant is "really important in a wildflower hay meadow". "It's a hemi-parasite that fixes its roots onto the root system of adjoining grass and extracts ...

But with Jinlye meadow now rich with flowers such as yellow rattle, it can "provide a nectar source to fill the hungry gap between the bilberry and the heather," said the National Trust's Andrew ...