first poppies in bloom

my clowder in the garden, Scarecrow

Rocky

Rocky

Rocky, Victor and Scarecrow

Scarecrow

and in the front garden, Polly Pocket

first Lauren's Grape poppies in bloom

laurens grape papaver somniferum

Lauren's Grape Papaver somniferum

Laurens Grape Papaver somniferum

red / corn / field / common poppy (Papver rhoeas)

red common field corn poppy Papaver rhoeas

melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) with a hoverfly

melancholy thistle hoverfly

melancholy thistle with hoverfly

echium vulgare just starting to bloom

echium vulgare

echium vulgare

echium vulgare

a sea holly in bud, this is one I bought last year (Magical Blue Lagoon), it's been badly slug damaged, they never seem to survive very well  so I bought 2 new ones this year (below)

sea holly

these are from new this year Big Blue sea holly

sea holly

bee sea holly

bee sea holly

bee sea holly

common hogweed

common hogweed

common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

lupin, survived from last year

lupin

I'm still trying to get better results with my phone's photography, so far, difficult to get the entire flower spike in the photo

lupin

Another view of my Rock

Rocky