end of May 2022

melancholy thistle with bees

one of the greatest views in the garden, a bee going into a foxglove

the lupin has survived the slugs and grown a bud! - a miracle

acanthus in bloom, amazing after no flower last year because of slugs, two flowers this year

echium vulgare buds, echium vulgare are so fiddly for me, usually I have to buy small plants as growing from seed is so difficult but didn't see any plants for sale this year but this one self-seeded, so many miracles in the garden this spring

sky-high teasel with lots of buds

closer view of the water in those cups formed by the leaves on the stem

foxglove in bloom

fringecups in bloom

iris foetidissima in bloom

these dandelions were all that was left after the poppy seedlings were eaten by slugs but I guess some of the poppies were actually these dandelions but that's ok, I have dandelions in my garden and I want to practice identifying them

slug damage can be soul-destroying, my only chinese lantern shoots this year and eaten by slugs

my kind of front garden: full of Crepis vesicaria / beaked hawk's-beard

knautia / knapweed / scabious

lesser knapweed

knautia macedonica

younger knautia macedonica plants