This wall climber is in flower from April to December and even through mild winters.
Although it is called ivy-leaved toadflax the leaves are not very much like ivy leaves.
The mauve, snapdragon flowers have yellow honey guides to show bees where the nectar is.
The flowers have a clever technique: while attracting pollinators they are pointing outwards, but as soon as they have been fertilised the long stems curl back into the wall to plant a seed in a crack where it can grow.
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