Garden Wildlife UK

First hawkweed is flowering . Not in the tub, in the lawn . Grateful for what I can get really .
And: a snapdragon . A weedy little thing, growing in a discarded plantpot which is only half full of soil. Prezz from the birds, I think . Aaaanyway, it will be reddish when the buds (4) pop, so that's nice

I noticed my Hawkweed is showing it's head today. A nice drop of rain might tempt it to burst into flower

The Men came toady and, in the rain, chopped off the head of my hawkweed .

Placido wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 5:27 pm The Men came toady and, in the rain, chopped off the head of my hawkweed .

Ah well....nil desperandum, there's always next year

No, there's always next fortnight but thank you for your sympathy .

Garden up the next street full of them, mainly yellow, only a few orange ones.

Hmmmmmm, I think the yellow lacks the impact of the lovely orange colour, but each to their taste.
Just read that it's a problem in the USA.

Placido wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2019 5:06 pm Hmmmmmm, I think the yellow lacks the impact of the lovely orange colour, but each to their taste.
Just read that it's a problem in the USA.

We had an American member very briefly once upon a time. They could have told us how much of a problem. The self seeding ability of the Hawkweed is quite impressive but so far they have not been a problem to the chateau gardener.

Nor a prob up The Wee Glen. Maybe it's the climate

While I was being ably assisted by Mrs JS in the garden this afternoon I heard her say "Mistletoe". "Eh?" I thought it being six months before Chrimbo. Come and look at this she beckoned directing my gaze into the upper boughs of our Rowan . Sure enough there it was a baby Mistletoe
I had no idea that Rowans were a likely host for the parasite.