Carrot, Wild carrot:Daucus carota. White flower umbels in soft, golden sunlight.

Carrot, Wild carrot:Daucus carota. White flower umbels on narrow, green stems.

Echinacea purpurea 'Sunset'. Group of Echinacea or coneflowers with orange, recurved petals and central, dark brown cones.

Dahlia.

Hydrangea in autumn.

Dahlia, close cropped view.

Veronica, cut out of three Veronica gentianoides.

Caryopteris cultivar. Single stem in foreground of others with clusters of small, blue flowers with prominent stamens and grey, green leaves.

Popcorn bush, Senna didymobotrya. Spikes of yellow flowers opening from dark, blackish brown buds.

Coneflower, Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia flowers with bright yellow petals surrounding central cone against blue sky.

Close, cropped view of flowers of Nerine undulata with narrow, pink, crinkled petals and protruding stamen.

Flowers of Aster Novi-Belgii Royal ruby. Selective focus.