Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis with a Painted Lady butterfly, backlit.

Wild yellow woodland Tulip, Tulipa sylvestris, growing among grass.

Tulip, Tulipa, close up of yellow petals showing the base of the flower.

Bare winter trees in a hedgerow surrounded by a snow covered landscape. Manipulated with a swirly painterly filter effect.

Bare winter tree in a hedgerow surrounded by a snow covered landscape. Manipulated with a swirly painterly filter effect.

Senetti, Pericallis x hybrida 'Senetti Magenta Bicolor', close view with raindrops.

Pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris, single flower not quite open, backlit in early morning sunlight.

Pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris, single flower in the bottom left of the frame backlit in early morning sunlight.

Pasqueflower, Pulsatilla vulgaris, single flower with raindrops and foliage against a white background.

African daisy, a pink Osteospermum shot from the side with a very shallow depth of focus.

Love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena flower, covered with raindrops, seeming to float out of a green background.

Liverwort, Hepatica 'Forest Blue'. two flowers to the right of the frame in focus with others in soft focus behind.

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Verbena Bonariensis, With a cabbage white butterfly.-

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Purple top, Verbena bonariensis in front of a wall of stacked cut logs. Part of Wild in the City garden designed by Charlotte Murrell, Hampton Court flower show 2011.

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Purple top, Verbena bonariensis, with Veronicastrum, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' and Gaura, all tall plants in a late summer prairie style planted mixed bord...

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

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis, with a Painted Lady butterfly.

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis with a Painted Lady butterfly, backlit.

Brazilian Verbena, Verbena bonariensis with a Painted Lady butterfly, backlit.

Brazilian verbena, Verbena bonariensis, a mass of transparent stalks interspersed with Golden oats, Stipa gigantea.