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Cyncoed is an affluent residential suburb of north-eastern Cardiff, set between Roath Park Reservoir to its south-west and the smaller Cyncoed Lake — a landscaped wildlife reserve — within the suburb itself. The wide, tree-lined roads of Cyncoed Road, Ty Gwyn Road and Lake Road East carry mature lime, horse chestnut and ornamental cherry that give a reliable city flow from May through June; the large walled and hedged gardens of the substantial interwar and Edwardian detached houses sustain extensive white clover, lavender and fruit-tree forage into late summer. The surrounding parkland margins and the Roath Brook upper reaches provide corridor habitat linking the suburb to the wider Roath Park greenspace, and the Cardiff, Vale and Valleys BKA covers this area with collectors experienced in large suburban garden and parkland scenarios.

Early flows come from cherry plum and blackthorn in Bute and Roath parks. Sycamore and horse chestnut fill May; the lime collection in Bute Park is one of the largest in any UK city, giving a classic pale urban lime honey in June. Bramble is dense along the Taff Trail; rosebay willowherb flushes the former dock brownfield of Cardiff Bay. Coastal sea-lavender and samphire at Rhymney Great Wharf add a distinctive saline note; ivy on Victorian terraces closes the year.