Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Purple top, Verbena bonariensis in front of a wall of stacked cut logs. Part of Wild in the City garden designed by Charlotte Murrell, Hampton Court flower show 2011.

Courgette, Curcubita pepo.

Dogwood, Pacific, Cornus nuttallii.

Runnerbean, Phaseolus coccineus 'Lady Di'.

Clematis, Clematis.

Daffodil, Narcissus.

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis.

Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis.

Anemone, Anemone coronaria De Caen.

Globe Thistle, Echinops bannaticus.

Solomon'sseal, Polygonatum multiflorum.

Fuchsia.

Dahlia.