Red leaves on a shrub beside the Wharf in Cardiff Bay – my first thought is Viburnum bodnantense but I really don’t know…
During my monthly walk around the Wharf (old East Bute Dock) in Cardiff Bay on September 4 I saw plenty of colourful leaves and flowers as well as the seeds and berries featured in my previous blog post. Here are some of the pictures I took…
Old holm oak (Quercus ilex) leaves, I think…
…and these are new young holm oak leaves, with a holly shape
Autumn leaves of something from the rose or bramble family
Surprisingly young and fresh poplar leaves
Then there are the flowers…
St John’s wort (Hypericum – possibly perforatum?)
The daisy relatives always have me confused…
Disc-like centres, delicate greenery, sparse rays – no idea!
Again I have no idea- unless it’s fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
Possibly a hawkbit (Leontodon)
Possibly some sort of wild chamomile (Matricaria or Anthemis)?
This looks like a different species of wild chamomile…
…and I love the mixture of rough stones on this patch of land waiting for a developer
A thistle, possibly a Cirsium
Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) has been common around the Wharf all summer
Last strands of marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris) and white Lycopus europaeus, commonly called gypsywort, bugleweed or water horehound
Pretty clumps of common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) – which looks good enough to be a garden plant
This look like a ragged white campion (Silene alba)
Buddleia in bloom…
…on the concrete of the Wharf…
…and on a nearby building site
There is lots of construction work still going on around the Wharf…
…but it doesn’t bother the coots (Fulica atra)…
…or the mute swans (Cygnus olor)
The Squirrelbasket 
A welcome sight indeed. Nice variety.
Yes, it’s good the colour is hanging on in there…
Best wishes 🙂
Great post, as ever! I really like the toadflax – you’re right about it being garden-worthy. Enjoyed the fruit and seeds post too; a keen eye for detail!
Thank you – although I must remember to take some general views, too…
All the best 🙂
Yellow daisies are the one I despair of. SO many varieties here!
Glad I’m not the only one to have difficulty.
Although I thought you might be rather an expert with your wide knowledge of flowers!
All the best 🙂
Yes fleabane! Toadflax is always a sign of autumn around here, in the hedgerows
Thanks for confirming that.
I can’t believe that big yellow toadflax grows wild – although I have always loved the tiny fairy flowers of ivy-leaved toadflax on walls…
All the best 🙂
I presume most of these are growing wild, they are beautiful.
It’s hard to say. As it’s a former dock someone must have planted most of the trees and shrubs at some time in the last few decades, but I feel the effect is like a wild walk, especially with the alders and willows…
Best wishes 🙂