Urban gardens and balconies might be small, but they are important places for insects ... In some cases, our love of flowering plants means that urban areas are home to more of some pollinator species ...

If you have a small backyard ... shade during the afternoon is ideal,' she adds. Fuchsia plants are loved for their bell-shaped flowers in hues of white, pink, purple and red.

"Before flowering plants appeared," says Dale Russell ... Often described as a "living fossil," this small woody plant grows only on New Caledonia, a South Pacific island famous among botanists ...