I love this flower very much.
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More calendula
flowers
Spring blossom
Back in the Spring when it was all just starting.
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Calendula Flower
Beauty.
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Purple
A selection of purples from my photos.
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Pink poppy
There was just one pink poppy plant this year, ill try and remember to keep the seeds separate and get some more on the go next year. The last pic is one from last year, obviously it dropped some seeds as it’s in exactly the same place. I must remember that July is poppy month in the garden.
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Colourful July
More colour keeps coming through.
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Dancing poppy
I think they look so pretty when falling apart, like a ballerina made of petals.
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Charlock mustard
There has been lots of bug activity since the weather warmed, less on the honey bee front. Now a few of the tubes in the bee Hotel are blocked up there doesn’t seem to be as many visitors. I’m new to watching Bees so this might be their normal seasonal routine (although there have been a number of them the last few days on the lavendar).
For bumble bees and hoverflies, there have been tons. Seems that the charlock mustard is a big favourite. Many different types of hovefly and buff tailed bumblebees amongst others. Daily activity on this, so much so I can’t bring myself to scale it back until it stops flowering, it’s not a small plant. Then I guess it will go to seed and I may just pick them and see what I can do with them.
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Poppy petal
It rained overnight last week and one of the fallen poppy petals was looking rather pretty in the morning.
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Sunshine willowherb
Because it looked so pretty…
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