first poppies in bloom

my clowder in the garden, Scarecrow

Rocky

Rocky, Victor and Scarecrow

Scarecrow

and in the front garden, Polly Pocket

first Lauren's Grape poppies in bloom

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

melancholy thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum) with a hoverfly

echium vulgare just starting to bloom

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)

these are from new this year Big Blue sea holly

common hogweed

lupin, survived from last year

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

Another view of my Rock