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Coronavirus: Lockdown 'could boost wild flowers'By Roger HarrabinBBC environment analyst 9 April 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightPlantLifeA plant charity is predicting a boost for wild flowers because some councils have stopped mowing verges and parks during the Covid-19 crisis.Plantlife has been urging councils for years to cut grass less often.It also wants them to delay cutting until flowers have had chance to seed.The charity says it has seen a shift in attitudes in recent years, but some councillors still say their citizens prefer neatly-manicured lawns and verges.Now Plantlife’s preliminary research suggests that municipal mowing has been among the first activities to be cut under the crisis. That’s partly because staff are sick or self-isolating, and partly to save money as budgets are squeezed.Plantlife’s Trevor Dines told BBC News that an upsurge in public support for wild flower verges had already persuaded some authorities to restrict cutting.Empt…