October 2026

I love houndstongue and have grown it from seed successfully in recent years. I have to collect and sow the seeds myself and it hasn't self-seeded but recently I noticed one has self-seeded.

houndstongue

seedlings from seeds collected and sown

houndstongue seedlings

Socks enjoying the sun, surrounded by teasel rosettes

lots more teasel and dandelion rosettes

teasel dandelion rosettes

more rosettes

looks like a dandelion growing through a Crepis vesicaria

Crepis vesicaria dandelion

sea holly with a small yellow chamomile in the middle

sea holly

I think this is Crepis vesicaria but will confirm when I see it bloom (eventually)

crepis vesicaria

Stachys byzantina

stachys byzantina

Cirsium botryodes

cirsium botryodes

self-seeded cornflower

giant knapweed seedling

giant knapweed seedling

late borage blooms

borage

a few unknowns

acanthus

acanthus

some late chicory blooms

chicory

chicory

some new growth from the base of the chicory stems

chicory

chicory

chicory

datura bud

datura bud

magic time of year with lots of aster in bloom, bees visiting

aster bee

aster bee

Crepis vesicaria? or maybe a dandelion

red campion rosette

red campion seedling rosette

this datura and been flowering on and off over a long time and just saw another bud

datura

closer view of that datura bud

datura

I'm not sure what this is

not sure what those seedlings are

bristly oxtongue, some of my last flowers for this year

bristly oxtongue

bristly oxtongue