Late September

We have had some lovely Sweet Peas this year.


Herb Robert is a weed and a bit of a nuisance but there is no denying it is pretty.


An unidentified shrub.



Rudbeckia in flower.




Visits from a young Greenfinch.

Rudbeckia

I love Rudbeckia. They are one of four genera in the Asteraceae family that are known as coneflowers. The flowers are produced in daisy-like inflorescences, with yellow or orange florets arranged in a prominent, cone-shaped head; "cone-shaped" because the ray florets tend to point out and down (are decumbent) as the flower head opens. Rudbeckia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Cabbage Moth and Dot Moth both of which have been found in my garden. I think this Rudbeckia is the species R. hirta also known as Black-eyed Susan.