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


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.
