Scabious, Field scabious, Knautia arvensis, View of one flower obscured by melting snow so only the green sepals are showing.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of several white flowering stems.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of one white flowering stem.

Thistle, Montpellier thistle, Cirsium monspessulanum, Side view of one pink flower.

Silver Spear, Astelia chathamica and Wormwood, Anthemis absinthium, Silver leaved plants growing together.

Houseleek:Sempervivum tectorum, Several varieties laid in a pattern on a moss covered chair with Lamb's ears, Stachys bizntina leaves. Part of the RHS Hampton Court flower show 2010 from the Tradition...

Foxglove, Digitalis Ferruginea, Several spires of the brown perennial foxglove just beginning to flower. Verbena bonariensis and bronze fennel behind.

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis, Several stems at different heights growing in gravel garden among flowers.

Thrift, Sea thrift, Armeria maritima 'Alba', Several stems of white pom pom flowers amongst tall grass in shade

Hosta, Spring shoots of a mature plant sprouting up among cut off spent stems of the previous year.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, A winter seedhead topped with melting snow turning into an icicle.

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Verbena bonariensis skeleton covered with snow.