Mushroom, Shaggy mushroom, Chlorophyllum rachodes, Close up underneath view showing gills and ring on the stem.

Currant, Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Ripe fruit on a bush.

Currant, Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Ripe fruit on a bush.

Great desert spoon, Dasyliron achrotrichum, Dramatic spikey mass of silvery narrow leaves standing out against a dark background.

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

Hornbeam, Feather reed grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', Side view of a mass of flowering stems with a ladybird.

Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Tay', Berries in several stages of ripeness with leaves.

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...

Poppy, Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, Side view of three blue green seedheads just formed, one in sharp focus with a fading pink petal stuck on it.

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

Apple, Malus domestica, Wooden insect shelter.

Persian lilac, Melia azedarach. Branches with leaves and flowers in sunlight.