early July blooms

greater knapweed, one of my favourite wildflowers, I'm lucky enough to have it in my garden

greater knapweed

monarda Cambridge Scarlet

monarda Cambridge Scarlet

marsh mallow, blooming

marsh mallow

purple loosestrife

purple loosestrife

hosta flower

hosta flower

hosta flower

bud on the self-seeded shoo-fly

shoo-fly

Amazing Grey poppy

amazing grey poppy

amazing grey poppy

14 hollyhocks planted out, 5 more to somehow get into rock-hard ground

hollyhocks

hollyhocks

that plant with the red flower was already in the garden, the lone survivor or the hollyhock weevil, ox-eye daisy and drought

hollyhocks

while I was planting out the hollyhocks, I noticed these leaves and didn't recognise them, also, sadly, damaged them by accident but the slugs and snails have also had a go, finally realised a few days later - melancholy thistle, which I have in the back garden, how it self-seeded int he front, I don't know

melancholy thistle leaf

melancholy thistle leaves

I planted out the small morning glory Heavenly Blue plants into larger pots, 4 in a pot

morning glory Heavenly Blue

morning glory Heavenly Blue

morning glory Heavenly Blue