…Centaurea scabiosa Centaurea scabiosa Centaurea scabiosa Centaurea scabiosa I think this is perhaps Centaura nigra ss. or Lesser Knapweed. Possibly the new species seen here by Colin French? Centaura nigra…

…in full shade, all the plants are, I think, Centaurea nigra or Lesser Knapweed. The dried seed heads are much browner than our form of Centaurea nigra or Centaurea debeauxii….

…s.s. Lesser Knapweed is however a common native perennial UK plant. I hope that I am right that this one is the rare subspecies. Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra…

…the wildflower bank (Campanula rotundifolia). Campanula rotundifolia Knautia arvensis – field scabious nearby. Knautia arvensis Moth on greater knapweed. A different seed head to our Centaurea nigra. This is Centaurea…

…eventual seed cluster below the flower itself. Centaurea nigra has dark black/brown scales with some green showing between them. Centaurea debeauxii has longer brownish heirs on much greener scales. Colin…

…I was photographing knapweed (Centaurea nigra). Here, in the nursery, is a cultivated form but still easily recognisable by flower and leaf shape – Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’. Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’…

…rays around the flower. However most of the knapweed is the rarer Centaurea nigra ss. with much smaller tighter flower heads (Centaurea nigra subspecies is rare in Cornwall and largely…

…seen over the years. Tilia henryana Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ out well before expected in this early year. Centaurea montana ‘Purple Heart’ Teucrium lucidrys ‘Lucky Gold’ just coming into proper…

…The stunning red flowers of Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’. Trillium luteum Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ The novel and unusual Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Greenapples’. [ALONGSIDE] The new to us Centaurea ‘Jordy’. Aquilegia…

…look at it. Certainly virginiana dominant in the cross for obvious reasons. Magnolia sieboldii ssp. sinensis x Magnolia virginiana 2021 – CHW The first clump of Centaurea nigra (common knapweed)…

…Onopardon, Centaurea, Carduus, Sonchus and the gloriously named Silybum! Interesting that several of these genus are not unknown to the Burncoose catalogue and there is clearly rather more to most…