Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, several spires in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, single spire in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.

Yellow Horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, Causican scarlet poppy, Papaver commutatum, Hares tail, Lagurus ovatus and other wildflowers growing along the edge of a beach in Halkidiki, Greece.

Yellow Horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum, Causican scarlet poppy, Papaver commutatum, Hares tail, Lagurus ovatus and other wildflowers growing along the edge of a beach in Halkidiki, Greece.

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

Crocus, Crocus vernus, A spring scene of several purple flowers with minature daffodiils in soft focus in the foreground.

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

Viola, Viola cornata Deltini series 'Honey bee', A frosted bronze, brown, orange and yellow coloured viola.

Smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria, Close view of an autumn leaf with its speckled patches of colours.

Daisy, Argyranthemum frutescens LaRita 'Banana Split', Close front view of pink and cream daisy with water droplets.

Japanese anemone, Anemone x hybrida 'Serenade', Close cropped, side view of one pink flower fully open to show yellow stamen inside.

Japanese anemone, Anemone x hybrida 'Serenade', Close cropped, side view of one pink flower fully open to show yellow stamen inside.