prickly blue poppy
April rosettes
bristly oxtongue (Helminthotheca echioides)
teasel (Dipsacus fullonum)
Erigeron speciosus Azure Fairy
catsear (Hypochaeris radicata)
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
herb robert
wall speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
lots of rosettes I saw locally, impossible to say for sure yet but aside from dandelions, smooth hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris) or autumn hawkbit (Scorzoneroides autumnalis)
hedge mustard (Sisymbrium officinale)
Erigeron karvinskianus
20-4-2026 I suddenly noticed a lot of germander speedwell in bloom yesterday.
and I noticed a lot of wall speedwell
I think these 5 plants are the same thing but not sure what yet, possibly Verbascum? The first is a single stem plant but the following 4 stems appeared from the same plant.
hardy geranium first flower this year
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.
2nd plant with unopened buds
ajuga reptans with a bee
Centaurea montana blooming
I had a lot of fringecups in my last garden. I thought I'd brought some with me but could only find a small shoot last year. It's grown well in the past year and has buds now.
Also last year, I bought a small fringecups plant at a local plant sale. It also has buds now.
my first Crepis vesicaria with buds this year
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.
I didn't sow cornflowers this year but I've had 2 self-seeders
and I noticed another yesterday
I have a lot of dandelions, some are huge, some have huge buds and I discovered fascination with these 2 buds.
wall speedwell (Veronica arvensis)
I also have a small patch in a crack in the patio.
