Rose mallow 'Blue Bird', Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu', Purple blue buds opening among green leaves on a shrub.

Allium sphaerocephalon, A single purple spherical flower on a stem isolated in shallow focus against green leaves.

Montbretia, Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Branched spike with emerging showy funnel-shaped red flowers isolated in shallow focus against a green and grey background.

Montbretia, Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Branched spike with emerging showy funnel-shaped red flowers isolated in shallow focus against a green and grey background.

Apple, Malus domestica 'Worcester Pearmain', Close side view of one green apple with red blush, hanging from a twig with leaves.

Bittersweet, Solanum dulcamara, Close view of group of red berries on a stem with leaves.

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Top view of cluster of blue flowers with white eye atop hairy green leaves.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one half open red flower on spindly, hairy, bendy stalk with leaves and bud, Against blue sky.

Shirley poppy, Papaver rhoeas Shirley series, Front view of one white flower with black stamens in a curved stem and soft focus leaves behind, Against pale blue sky.

Oak, Common oak, Quercus robur, Side view of fairly mature tree with no leaves, silhouetted against the misty dawn sky in an English field.

Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster x suecicus 'Coral Beauty', Front view of twig closely packed with lots of small green leaves and red berries, Rest of shrub behind in soft focus.

Holly, Ilex aquifolium, close up showing sikey leaves and red berries.