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bee on the water figwort
I try to have lots of water in the garden for all the animals, large and small. These saucers of water were completely overgrown with grass but thought next week, there will be less rain so accessible water will be more important so trying to get ready for that.
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a few days later, 4 giant knapweed in bloom
the giant knapweed flower is just blooming
Lauren's Grape poppy
drumstick alliums just blooming
Echium vulgare
is this Echium vulgare as well, similar but a bit different
datura, self-seeded from flowers I grew last year, there are two in this small pot
another self-seeder, borage, this one has lots of buds
prickly sow thistle I thought looked so great, even as an ordinary plant, just exquisitely presenting itself
wild parsnip with a bee (top left) and a hoverfly (bottom right)
anemone
creeping thistle
the Verbena bonariensis buds are just opening
bees, beetles and ladybirds!
bee on dandelion
bee on rough hawkbit
beetle on rough hawkbit
bee on polemonium
bee on knautia
mullein moth caterpillar
Verbascum Arctic Summer
Scarecrow
