I've got the yellow species but will happily add some of the orange when I find some.
I bought some orange hawkweed plant plugs from ebay very cheap. Also collected spotted hawkweed seeds. Main reason is only ever seeing orange hawkweed in wild once and never seen spotted until I collected some seeds off one.
I'm happy letting it do its thing in our wild lawn. I spotted it several years ago and while it has spread a little it hasn't turned up elsewhere. We've been adding plugs of other wildflowers (yarrow, ox-eye daisies, self-heal etc) so it will only be reined in if it starts to smother those too much.
It grows outside of my house primarily along the road edge and pavement. I don't tend to notice it elsewhere so much. The birds appear to like the seed and it's a nice looking plant though I wouldn't purposefully bring it into the garden.
I had lots of yellow hawkweed in the lawn at my last house which I didn't care for and couldn't get rid of. Then I saw some orange hawkweed for sale and I thought it could be pretty in a flower border that was a bit dry. After all, the lawn got pretty dry. It lasted about 2 years, didn't seed much then it all died. Is the orange one a cultivated version, not wild like the yellow one?
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I like mine I've had it for years and it goes well with the Welsh poppies, yellow and orange.
It's still in pretty much the same place it was planted, on my south facing rockery bank, though a small patch rather than a single plant. I think one seed has traveled all the way to the foot of the retainng wall!
I had lots of yellow hawkweed in the lawn at my last house which I didn't care for and couldn't get rid of. Then I saw some orange hawkweed for sale and I thought it could be pretty in a flower border that was a bit dry. After all, the lawn got pretty dry. It lasted about 2 years, didn't seed much then it all died. Is the orange one a cultivated version, not wild like the yellow one?
I think it is a wild flower and can be quite tough. Thriving in one of my borders with lots of runners. I will use it to protect border from slugs. I think I can easily protect cultivated plants from the hawkweed.
I'm with B3, I don't like it in the garden, it seems to love enmeshing itself with other plants making it hard to remove. It is a lovely plant in the right spot though (aka someone else's garden)
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I bought some orange hawkweed plant plugs from ebay very cheap. Also collected spotted hawkweed seeds. Main reason is only ever seeing orange hawkweed in wild once and never seen spotted until I collected some seeds off one.
I don't mind it, but I don't think it's made it into the garden...yet.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/F/FoxAndCubs/FoxAndCubs.htm
Just a wildflower. Definitely a problem in some areas.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I think it is a wild flower and can be quite tough. Thriving in one of my borders with lots of runners. I will use it to protect border from slugs. I think I can easily protect cultivated plants from the hawkweed.