* Common Nipplewort Leontodon taraxacoides (Vill.) Merat Lesser
Hawkbit Leucanthemum X superbum (J.W.
The gently swaying, multi-coloured sea of Ragged Robins, Yellow
Hawkbit, Yellow and Orange Bird's Foot, Mallow, Melissa, glorious red Poppies and others set against the clear blue sky actually made a traffic jam a pleasant experience.
Seeing the deep pink of a male is always a treat, but this morning I saw something I'd never seen before: one skilfully hovering at the top of a
hawkbit plant, carefully plucking seeds from the flowerhead.
Upland meadow flowers include wood crane's-bill, lady's mantle, pignut, globe flower, red clover, meadow vetchling, great burnet, ragged robin, melancholy thistle, meadow buttercup, selfheal, ribwort plantain, common knapweed, rough
hawkbit, meadow saxifrage, devil's-bit scabious, sneezewort and common sorrel.
Ash, Bigwig, Celandine, Dandelion, Fiver, Hazel,
Hawkbit, Nightshade, Pimpernel and Toadflax.
Wildflower seeding will include foxglove, red campion, rough
hawkbit, common knapweed and dog violet.
The wild flowers that thrive under Tim's management regime include yellow rattle,
hawkbit, birds' foot trefoil, knapweed, devils bit scabious, sorrel, salad burnett and whorled caraway - Carmarthenshire's adopted county flower.