Dogwood, Wedding cake tree, Cornus controversa 'Variegata', View through several interwoven branches sporuting new shoots of yellow and green variegated leaves, to a mass of blue forget-me-nots, Myoso...

Honesty, SIlver dollar, Lunaria annua, Several seedheads with pods and seeds, and some only with the silvery transluscent disc remaining.

Honesty, SIlver dollar, Lunaria annua, Several seedheads with pods and seeds, and some only with the silvery transluscent disc remaining.

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

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

Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of several florets with dark stamens, backlit.

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.

Yellow eye sorrel, Oxalis obtusa, Front view of several overlapping cream flowers with thin red viens and yellow centres.

Daffodil, Paper white daffodil, Narcissus papyraceus, Side view of several delicate white flowers on long stalks, petals are backlit in sun, showing yellow stamens in the short coronas.

Daffodil, Paper white daffodil, Narcissus papyraceus, Side view of several delicate white flowers on long stalks, petals are backlit in sun, showing yellow stamens in the short coronas.

Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, Close side view of one sunlit white flower with several long graceful petals and yellow stamens and stigma.

Magnolia, Campbell's Magnolia, Magnolia campbellii, Underneath view of several flowers on bare twigs, backlit by sun, against deep blue sky.

Tulip, Tulipa, with Bellis perennis beneath, Mass of red and white Tulips with one single yellow flower.

Mountain ash, Sorbus 'Joseph Rock', Clusters of the creamy yellow berries and autumn colour tinged leaves, in sunshine against a blue sky.

Clematis, Clematis 'Arabella',Two blue buds backlit in sunshine.

Clematis, Clematis 'Margaret Hunt', Two mauve flowers in sunshine.

Apple, Apple 'winston', Malus domestica 'Winston', A small group of undeveloped apples with leaves in sunshine against a blue sky.

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis, A small clump of flowers, only a couple in focus amongst soft focus grass.

Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, single stem with multiple flowers on it.

Snake's head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, single stem bent over so the flower is turned away, low sun backlight picks up the checkerboard pattern on the petals.

Californian poppy, Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King' with others out of focus in background.

Californian poppy, Eschscholzia californica 'Orange King' with others out of focus in background.

Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity' seen from underneath against blue sky with a soft white cloud.

Buttercup, Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris growing in a grass meadow, several stems in sunlight.