More people are buying buddleia for their gardens, but it's classified as an invasive species and is a problem on British railways. It's hard to walk by a railway line in Britain and not see buddleia.

Never mind what officials say, we're in a drought. My locality has endured weeks without significant rain. Coningsby, Lincs, where the record 40.3c was reached, is 22 miles from our house. Our lawns, ...