Tulip, Parrot tulip, Tulipa 'Flaming parrot', Side view of one red, orange and yellow fringed tulip.

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

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

Annual meadow for butterflies designed by Ian Forster at the Butterfly World Project, St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Chicory, Cichorium intybus 'Variegata di Choggia', Overhead view of Italian chicory, with its maroon streaked green leaves and the red radicchio head wirhin.

Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, A single red flower of the Field poppy in a field of golden wheat.

Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, A single red flower of the Field poppy in a field of golden wheat.

Shallot, Allium cepa, a mass of these baby pink onions.

Cabbage, Brassica oleracea capitata, Several shiny maroon heads of Red cabbage----

Red Jalapeno chilli, Capsicum annuum, Close view of two chillies viewed from above on a bright yellow speckled plate.

Shirley poppy, Papaver rhoeas Shirley series, Side view of a half open maroon flower with its head down on a bent over hairy green stem.

Perennial cornflower, Knautia macedonica, Side view of one open magenta, maroon flower with soft focus stem against a light blue white sky.