Fox and cubs ( Pilosella aurantiaca )

The weather was reasonable.  Not hot but dry.  So we decided to have a preemptive strike on the Lodge garden.  The majority of the grass is now wildflower meadow but we do mow the part facing the road and an access strip right round the edge with a couple of paths up the bank.  So I had a session of strimming and mowing.

Obviously the blip had to be a flower.  One of the most showy ones at present are the fox and cubs.  Also known as Orange Hawkweed it has colonies all on its own we never planted it.  However I am pleased it has.

It isn't a native plant having become naturalised in the UK after spreading from Europe.  Sme species are grown as ornamentals.