Dogwood, Wedding cake tree, Cornus controversa 'Variegata', View through several interwoven branches sporuting new shoots of yellow and green variegated leaves, to a mass of blue forget-me-nots, Myoso...
Honesty, SIlver dollar, Lunaria annua, Several seedheads with pods and seeds, and some only with the silvery transluscent disc remaining.
Honesty, SIlver dollar, Lunaria annua, Several seedheads with pods and seeds, and some only with the silvery transluscent disc remaining.
Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of one flowerhead just opening with many tiny star shaped flowers radiating out from the centre.
Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of one flowerhead with many tiny star shaped flowers radiating out from the centre.
Allium, Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', Close view of several florets with dark stamens, backlit.
Rhododendron, McCabe Rhododendron, Rhododendron macabeanum, Close side view of one flowerhead with several white trumpet shape flowers with deep red throats, atop a cluster of long leaves.
Yellow eye sorrel, Oxalis obtusa, Front view of several overlapping cream flowers with thin red viens and yellow centres.
Daffodil, Paper white daffodil, Narcissus papyraceus, Side view of several delicate white flowers on long stalks, petals are backlit in sun, showing yellow stamens in the short coronas.
Daffodil, Paper white daffodil, Narcissus papyraceus, Side view of several delicate white flowers on long stalks, petals are backlit in sun, showing yellow stamens in the short coronas.
Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, Close side view of one sunlit white flower with several long graceful petals and yellow stamens and stigma.
Magnolia, Campbell's Magnolia, Magnolia campbellii, Underneath view of several flowers on bare twigs, backlit by sun, against deep blue sky.
Salvia officinalis Sage Mauve subject Mauve b/g
Tulip, Tulipa 'Miranda', Close up of orange coloured flower.
Almond, Prunus dulcis blossom, One twig with three white flowers with pink stamens against blue sky.
Tulip, Tulipa, Tip of a pink flwer with a droplet of water.
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.
Ferns overhanging a small pool or stream which is reflecting the blue sky above in its rippled surface.
Cherry, Prunus avium, flowering sprig of Wild Cherry seen from behind backlit by spring sun.
Spurge, Sikkim Spurge, Euphorbia sikkimensis, A mass of bright red new shoots emerging in the spring.
Black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum, A group of new shoots and leaves emerging in the spring.
Crocus, Crocus vernus, A spring scene of several purple flowers with minature daffodiils in soft focus in the foreground.
