Re-introducing an extinct plant into the wild in Wales

Last seen in the wild in Wales in 1962, the white blooms of Rosy Saxifrage were pushed to extinction by Victorian overcollection and air pollution.

However, this plant has been cared for in cultivation and now Plantlife's Robbie Blackhall-Miles has had the opportunity to reintroduce it back to wild in Wales.

Watch as Robbie reintroduces this plant back to the rolling hills of Cwm Idwal and learn more about the project and this special plant.

Credit: Llyr Hughes

[mywildwelshgarden-esfr]

Sut byddwch chi`n stopio`r defaid o bwyta iddo fe? How will you stop the sheep from eating it?

[True-North-]

Well done, good work. But having been to the UK a few times (I'm a Canadian living in Jamaica), it's clear that the introduction of sheep thousands of years ago is what devastated the island. You need to get rid of those things or it's all a lost cause.