April 2026

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.

prickly blue poppy meconopsis horridula

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

2nd plant with unopened buds

prickly blue poppy Meconopsis horridula

ajuga reptans with a bee

ajuga reptans bee

Centaurea montana blooming

centaurea montana

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.

fringecups

Also last year, I bought a small fringecups plant at a local plant sale. It also has buds now.

fringecups auricula

my first Crepis vesicaria with buds this year

crepis vesicaria

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.

houndstongue

houndstongue

houndstongue

houndstongue

I didn't sow cornflowers this year but I've had 2 self-seeders

cornflower seedling

cornflower seedling

I have a lot of dandelions, some are huge, some have huge buds and I discovered fascination with these 2 buds.

dandelion fasciated

dandelion fasciated

dandelion fat buds

wall speedwell (Veronica arvensis)

veronica arvensis

I also have a small patch in a crack in the patio. 

veronica arvensis