Marigold, Calendula officinalis, Side view of one flower with snow piled up on it.

Scabious, Field scabious, Knautia arvensis, View of one flower obscured by melting snow so only the green sepals are showing.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of several white flowering stems.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of one white flowering stem.

Love-in-a-mist, Nigella sativa, View of a mass of leaves.

Currant, Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Ripe fruit on a bush.

Currant, Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Ripe fruit on a bush.

Hornbeam, Feather reed grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', Side view of a mass of flowering stems with a ladybird.

Houseleek:Sempervivum tectorum, Several varieties laid in a pattern on a moss covered chair with Lamb's ears, Stachys bizntina leaves. Part of the RHS Hampton Court flower show 2010 from the Tradition...

Poppy, Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, Side view of three blue green seedheads just formed, one in sharp focus with a fading pink petal stuck on it.

Almond, Prunus dulcis blossom, One twig with three white flowers with pink stamens against blue sky.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, A winter seedhead topped with melting snow turning into an icicle.