the giant knapweed flower is just blooming

Lauren's Grape poppy

drumstick alliums just blooming

Echium vulgare

is this Echium vulgare as well, similar but a bit different

datura, self-seeded from flowers I grew last year, there are two in this small pot

another self-seeder, borage, this one has lots of buds

prickly sow thistle I thought looked so great, even as an ordinary plant, just exquisitely presenting itself

wild parsnip with a bee (top left) and a hoverfly (bottom right)

anemone

creeping thistle


the Verbena bonariensis buds are just opening




bees, beetles and ladybirds!
bee on dandelion

bee on rough hawkbit

beetle on rough hawkbit

bee on polemonium

bee on knautia

mullein moth caterpillar


Verbascum Arctic Summer

Scarecrow
