Hypochaeris radicata

16/06/19 - orange bum bumblebee on one of the Hawkbit flowers in the lawn 😊🐝💛 #plantsforpollinators

Pretty orange bum

Gorgeous pic 🧡💛🧡

Aww less is more...

Fabulous photo 💛😉💛

Great photo 🐝💛🐝

Aw, belated thanks Cyndi 😊😘🙏🏼 - sorry I missed this msg completely, trying to catch up a bit now @cyndi

16/06/19 - here’s a section of my lawn 😍💛 - they look like dandelions, but they are not. It’s a type of hawkbit, and it flowers like this every year. It’s usually full of wildlife, and I leave it like this till mid/end of July before I mow it. I get all sorts of bees, hoverflies, moths, and other flying insects visiting here. This is one area of my garden I’d never change 👌🏼 #lawn #plantsforpollinators

Not exactly sure which hawkbit it is, so if anything thinks it’s something different feel free to let me know 👍🏼

Gorgeous 💛

Very pretty and you are feeding the bees 🐝

Love it 💛💚💛

Looks fantastic. Any tips for getting started on a lawn like that. I stopped mowing part of mine a month ago and would love it to look like that

That’s wonderful Richard 🤗

So beautiful! 💛

Brilliant Rich I love it 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

Beautiful! 💗

@karen13 - thanks Karen 😊 I’ve been doing a bit of reading on this, seems best time is autumn to get prepared, so I’ll rake a patch of my grass quite roughly and add a perennial wild flower seed mix to it and let it sit over the winter months. Needs to have yellow rattle flower in it which will parasite the grass and stop it being too vigorous. But needs the winter to get a cool period before germinating, hence why better to sow in autumn rather than spring. I’ve found the website below really

@karen13 helpful with some videos on how to prepare the lawn etc. Worth a look, hope that helps 😊 https://www.habitataid.co.uk

More Lawn flowers #wildflower #yellow

Oh what a beautiful photo 👏👌💗

Oh what a beautiful photo 👏👌💗

I've always referred to these as Cats ear, but never been 100% sure. Hope I'm right in thinking def a type of hawkbit - any thoughts?

Oh pretty 💛💛

I wondered what was taking over my lawn thanks @richard spicer 7906.

Fantastic shot Richard 😀

Yep that's how I know it too... Cat's-ear, Hypochaeris radicata👌👌

So pretty and bright

Now that is a brilliant shot Richard😍😍

Got them👌🏻🐝

Thanks Ann 😁 @thomasrat3

These flowers only last a day or two, but they certainly look a sight when they come out on mass, and they are great for wildlife too. I leave them to flower for about a week or so before mowing the lawn (well, mostly moss....😆)

#yellow

#wildflowers