Oct 2021

morning glory Heavenly Blue

I guess I had some self-seeding from a previous year

a self-seeded morning glory Grandpa Ott which appeared this year, I grew them in previous years

I love these cosmos buds

I saw a few rosettes the last few days

hawkweed oxtongue (small hoary mustard upper left)

hoary mustard rosette, at least 0.5 m across, near me is lots of hoary mustard

I also noticed some much smaller rosettes, I think they are hoary mustard but will keep an eye on them

At first look this is eastern rocket but I should have examined the centre leaves better as next photo below, looking like hoary mustard.

a few weeks later, looking like hoary mustard (not eastern rocket)

now this is eastern rocket

the very long fruits are a feature of eastern rocket

an eastern rocket closer to home amongst the skeletons left from the weedkiller

wall lettuce (with smooth sow thistle) in front of a vintage bollard in Clerkenwell

wall lettuce in front of vintage bollard in Clerkenwell

and in my own garden, an enormous dandelion rosette, 0.5 m

I've been working hard to differentiate between autumn hawkbit and smooth hawk's-beard. I'm pretty sure this is autumn hawkbit.

although my camera could not capture a close-up of the flower, I examined it and concluded also autumn hawkbit

another autumn hawkbit

another autumn hawkbit

lots of nipplewort in bloom locally

annual mercury below and to the left of the nipplewort

annual mercury, smooth sow thistle and a dandelion as well