Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of one flowerhead just opening with many tiny star shaped flowers radiating out from the centre.

Hellebore, Helleborus orientalis hybrid, Close front top view of one pink flower backlit with yellow stamens.

Hellebore, Helleborus orientalis hybrid, Close front side view of one pink flower backlit with yellow stamens.

Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of one flowerhead with many tiny star shaped flowers radiating out from the centre.

Painters Palette Flamingo Flower, Anthurium scherzerianum, Close view of one red backlit flower against blue sky, showing the proboscis silloutted shadow.

Painters Palette Flamingo Flower, Anthurium scherzerianum, Close view of one red backlit flower against blue sky, showing the proboscis silloutted shadow.

Ecihinacea, Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea, One flower seen from top view, showing the dark centre cone against the pink petals.

Cup and Saucer vine, Cobaea scandens, Side view of one flower in its green sepals. Curled stamens are protruding ready for an insect to land on.

Honesty, Silver dollar, Lunaria annua, Close side view of seedheads, showing one with seeds inside but the others are the papery silvery white moon shaped bits left after seeds have been shed.

Morning Glory, Ipomoea, backlit against sky viewed from below.

Rhododendron, McCabe Rhododendron, Rhododendron macabeanum, Close side view of one flowerhead with several white trumpet shape flowers with deep red throats, atop a cluster of long leaves.

Magnolia, Magnolia sprengeri 'Mary Slankard', Side view of one flower on a bare twig, with others around it.