April 2026

Prickly blue poppy I grew from seed, sown in July 2024, they suddenly appeared recently with buds. Growing from seed can take a while to see results.

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

my first Crepis vesicaria with buds this year

crepis vesicaria

Last autumn I planted out the houndstongue small plants that I grew from seed. Over winter they died back completely so although I had labelled them, the animals disturbed the labels so I wasn't certain exactly where they were but these small plants have grown this spring. They look like houndstongue.

houndstongue

houndstongue

houndstongue

houndstongue

I didn't sow cornflowers this year but I've had 2 self-seeders

cornflower seedling

cornflower seedling

I have a lot of dandelions, some are huge, some have huge buds and I discovered fascination with these 2 buds.

dandelion fasciated

dandelion fasciated

dandelion fat buds