There was a lawn when I moved here last Dec 2023. I hadn't had a lawn for 30 years and wasn't about to again so started planting into it and letting it grow. Amongst the grass were lots of self-seeders even though it appeared to be quite a manicured lawn. I got bristly oxtongue, hawkweed oxtongue, ragwort, selfheal, speedwell, prickly sow thistle, willowherbs, smooth hawk's-beard, dandelions (Taraxacum) and what appeared to be beaked hawk's-beard (Crepis vesicaria) although it did not bloom this spring / summer. The beaked hawk's-beard I have seen are annuals (I think) so that confused me. When I am confused I observe, organise, document and photograph (and blog). I numbered each Taraxacum vs Cepis plant I have in my garden and photographed them. I had a stab at identifying them but I don't think some of my IDs were correct - I thought dandelions were hairless and Crepis hairy but I don't think that is correct. Will try to take photos of them monthly to see how the're changing. I am going to try to be patient and await developments and flowers in the spring.
1. 1-8-2024
closer view of the centre
4-8-2024
1 is on the right, 6-8-2024 (2 is on the left)
14-8-2024
18-8-2024
8-9-2024 this has changed a lot over the past month or so, looks quite tatty, from being walked on? I think this is a dandelion
10-9-2024 left to right, 2, 1, 23
12-10-2024 this went from being a magnificent rosette to pretty much destroyed, not sure why
2. 3-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 50 cm across, doing well, unlike the one above next to it
closer views showing the hairs
14-8-2024
30-9-2024
centre
12-10-2024
centre close-up, hairy
12-11-2024
3. dandelion 23-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 dandelion
12-10-2024 month later, enormous
12-11-2024
I was surprised to see a bud when I examined the centre, this is the first bud on the rosettes on this page
4. 19-8-2024 looking Crepis-like at this point
28-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria ?, 60 cm across
closer view of the centre
21-9-2024
24-9-2024
30-9-2024
centre
12-10-2024 this is enormous, centre leaves looking crepis?
centre close-up
12-11-2024
centre close-up
5. 14-8-2024
8-9-2024 dandelion
12-10-2024 dandelion below another plant above
12-11-2024
6. 14-8-2024
21-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria?
7-10-2024
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
7. 14-8-2024
18-8-2024
21-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 60 cm across
5-10-2024
7-10-2024
centre closer view 5-10-2024
12-10-2024
centre close-up
12-11-2024
8. 1-8-2024
19-8-2024
8-9-2024 dandelion
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
9. 21-8-2024 at this point looking Crepis vesicaria-like
25-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 just over 50 cm across
21-9-2024
24-9-2024
12-10-2024
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10. 23-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 dandelion 60 cm across
12-10-2024
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11. and 13. 12-10-2024
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12. dandelion 23-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024
9-10-2024
12-10-2024 there are now a few dandelions there
12-11-2024
13. 23-8-2023 dandelion
12-11-2024
14. 2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria
24-9-2024
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
15. 6-8-2024
23-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria
30-9-2024
centre
12-10-2024
centre closer view
12-11-2024
16 to 19 lots of plants close together, they didn't start out that way but as they grew got rather confused, these were two of them from the beginning of August
2-8-2024
2-8-2024
23-8-2024
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23-8-2024
23-8-2024
3-9-2024
24-9-2024
16. 2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria ?
12-10-2024
I have this marked 16 or 19
17. Crepis vesicaria 17-8-2024
closer view of the centre
2-9-2024
12-10-2024
18. 2-9-2024
18-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria
12-10-2024
centre closer view
12-11-2024
19. 2-9-2024
18-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria
12-10-2024
20. dandelion 25-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024
12-10-2024
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21. 25-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024
5-10-2024
centre closer view
9-10-2024
12-10-2024
centre closer view
12-11-2024
22. 28-8-2024
2-9-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria ?
5-10-2024
centre closer view
9-10-2024
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
23. 8-9-2024
dandelion? very hairy 7-10-2024
12-10-2024
centre view very hairy
12-11-2024
24. dandelion 8-9-2024
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
25. 7-8-2024
8-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria ?
21-9-2024
5-10-2024
12-10-2024
centre closer view
12-11-2024
26. 8-9-2024 dandelion
12-10-2024
12-11-2024
27. dandelion 8-9-2024
12-10-2024
28. 10-9-2024 Crepis vesicaria ?
closer view of the centre
21-9-2024
5-10-2024
centre closer view
7-10-2024
12-10-2024
centre closer view
12-11-2024
29. Prickly Sowthistle (Sonchus asper)
12-11-2024
30. a late addition, just noticed it this week (first week in November), it sprang up and grew pretty quickly - after it started getting cold so I wasn't outside in the garden observing so much
closer view of the centre
12-11-2024
31. 12-11-2024