Black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum, A group of new shoots and leaves emerging in the spring.

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis, with a Painted Lady butterfly.

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis with a Painted Lady butterfly, backlit.

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis with a Painted Lady butterfly, backlit.

Geranium 'Dusky Rose' with a white butterfly on it.

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea flowerhead showing stamen, two bees are collecting pollen from it.

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea flowerhead, against others soft focus behind, peacock butterfly sitting on the stamen of the flower with its curled proboscus is visible.

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea flowerhead against others soft focus behind, hoverfly in flight approaching the flower.

Japanese anemone and Anemone hupehensis var. japonica. A single flower with buds of flower stem leaning across towards a flower that has shed its petals, shot against a soft focus background of other...

Spurge, Mediterranean spurge, Euphorbia characias wulfenii.

Bamboo, Yellow-groove bamboo, Phyllostachys aureosulcata, side view showing stem details.

Rose, Escallonia. Yarrow and Astrantia, bunch of cottage garden flowers in a white jug with a dreamy white vignette.