Our lawn...

Due to covid, the housing association hasn't had the lawn in front of our flats mown for a while. Hadn't noticed - I usually walk a different way - but it has quite a lot of wild flowers. So, out with the K10D and the 50-200mm zoom, for the more unusual flowers...



Fox and Cubs by SteveH, on Flickr



Selfheal by SteveH, on Flickr

and round the back, in the (untrimmed) bushes...


Bindweed by SteveH, on Flickr
I think we'll have a bumper crop of the weed this year!

Very nice. There's a lot to be said for not mowing lawns.

Fox and Cubs has become a permanent part of my garden, too, since a single specimen appeared a while ago. Quite a photogenic plant.

Steve

#1 for me, superb, excellent DOF

...and I reckon the bees will be thankful too.

Thanks, chaps.

True and for the last eighteen months or so all our grass verges, public grassy areas and so on have been full of assorted wild flowers. Mainly hawkweed, but common mallow, clover (both colours), poppies (including escaped giant poppies), daisies, buttercups and so on. Unfortunately, over the last few days the council has had it's 'gardeners' out and a lot of said areas are now dull green, mown to within an inch of the ground. I suspect the local population prefer neatly over-manicured grass.

And quite invasive!

Yeah, I reckon they were, but see my reply to Lubbyman.

That happens round my way, too. However, the buttercups, daisies and other flowering things soon start blooming again and there are always uncut grassy areas not far away because it takes time for the council contractors to get round them all. So the bees etc. are happy and so are the locals who don't like long grass.

Steve

Most of the grassy verges around here have been mown heavily, but there's one large roundabout on a side road that is absolutely and solidly covered with 3ft tall wild flowers - first we had a mass of poppies, and now it's solid cow parsley!

It's right next to a largish local recreation park - but I think a lot of the houses around that roundabout are going to have quite a lot of weeding to do next year!

As long as they don't mow it until mid June it isn't a problem. "No Mow May" is starting to catch on, thankfully.

Bindweed is an absolute pest but the flowers are lovely!

A lot said for not mowing lawns all year around

IIRC, you should mow a meadow-lawn twice a year - once in spring and once in autumn, after the seeds have set, leaving the mowings in place until enough seeds have fallen to the ground for next year.