Wolves Wild

These columbines (aquilegia) are more likely to be cultivars which are now self-seeding in this currently uncultivated garden, but they are clearly holding their own.

Not so much a wildflower as a cultivar gone feral, these spurges are nevertheless holding their own, spreading in competition with the interlopers in this front garden.

Yet another enemy of the lawn perfectionists, giant plantains raising their heads well over even this unmown grass.

Another wildflower unwelcome to lawn perfectionists are any of the common buttercup species. This one was a meadow buttercup, as shown by its deeply indented leaves.

Some plants with a natural habitat in hedgerows or meadows are also adept at spreading to pavements, roadside gutters, and untended gardens. Black medic, here growing outside a garden wall, is one which is a bane of those who want a perfect lawn.

The bright purple flowers of a Judas tree in front of the Conservatory in West Park.