Spear thistle. Cirsium vulgare, Close view of single spiky flowering head with bud and leaves.

Feathertop, Pennisetum villosum, Close up showing spiky detail.

Feathertop, Pennisetum villosum, Close up showing spiky detail.

Hazel, Cob nut, Corylus avellana, Close up of yellow flowers and spiky thorns.

Honesty, Lunaria annua,Two frosted transluscent silvery discs of the seedhead illuminated with backlight against a dark background.

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

Thistle, Montpellier thistle, Cirsium monspessulanum, Side view of one pink flower.

Hosta, Spring shoots of a mature plant sprouting up among cut off spent stems of the previous year.

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

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Verbena bonariensis skeleton covered with snow.

Goat's beard, Tragopogon pratensis seedhead, similar to Dandelion clock, Dramatic close view against blue sky.

Goat's beard, Tragopogon pratensis seedhead, similar to Dandelion clock, Dramatic close view against blue sky with unopened buds either side.