Food, Fruit, Pear, Sliced section on lightbox showing stalk, core and pips.

Acanthus, Acanthus Hirsutus, ladybird on stalk of plant.

Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobileon. Three flowers with stalk and leaves arranged on pale, distressed, wooden background. Selective focus.

Pelargonium x hortorum 'Red Satisfaction', Close view of twisted downy stems coming off a central stalk, with a seed at the end of them.

Icelandic poppy, Papaver nudicaule 'Champagne Bubbles', Side view of one opening flower with crinked red petals with yellow centres, pushing off its bud casing, on hairy stalk, Against pale blue sky.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one opening red flower pushing off its bud casing, on hairy curved stalk, Against blue sky.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one open red flower on hairy curved stalk, Against pale blue sky.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one half open red flower on spindly, hairy, bendy stalk with leaves and bud, Against blue sky.

Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, A flowering stem with leaves and a backlit orange flower with red markings in a glass of water.

Honesty, Lunaria annua, Side view of one stem with pink flowers and seedheads in various stages.

Bleeding heart, White, Lamprocapnos spectabilis alba, Side view of one stem with several white heart shaped flowers and cut leaves.

Insect, Peacock butterfly, Inachis io, on a mauve flowering stem of Hyssop, an Agastache cultivar.