I have Daucus carota in full bloom at the moment. I grew them from seed and planted them out last year and they did nothing much so I forgot about them. I hadn't realised they're a biennial
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I grew mine from seed, but in a seed tray and pricked out into little pots, because I wanted to transplant them into the meadow area so they needed to be big enough to compete. Some of them flowered the first year - and it seems that like a lot of biennials they often last a few years, though some of mine are beginning to look a bit tired...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I hear people keep saying that chrysanthemums are due for a big come back any tme soon. Those I do have nasty connotations with. Dahlias, none at all. I realise I dislike (now) flowers that tend to turn up in petrol station bunches - like chrysanths, alstroemeria and carnations. They seem like an after thought. But it's hardly fair on the plants.
My mum and dad used to show chrysanthemums, the big single headed ones, used to help them put Vaseline around the stem so the forkie tailies would get in under the paper bag that protected the heads, my dad built a big covered roof to protect them from the weather with a netting around the sides, i still have the roll of netting to this day 40+ years later
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Not sure what the flowers will be like on the bottom photo
Dianthus.