Bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Two stems of heart shaped flowers hanging gracefully above several stems of Spanish bluebell flowers, Hyacinthoides hispanica, Both are shade tolerant plants.

Knapweed, Centaurea nigra, Wild flower meadow in England, East Sussex, Rotherfield, with grasses and pink flowering knapweed.

Globe thistle, Echinops bannaticus, Close side view of one spherical spiky metallic blue flower against blue sky.

Coleus, Solenostemon scutellarioides 'Bone Fish', Deeply cut, long slender red-pink veined leaf with lime-gold edges.

Cherry, Japanese flowering cherry, Prunus serrulata, Side view of trunk with peeling red and maroon bark.

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

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

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Close view of a twig with backlit autumn leaves covered in spider strands with early morning dew.

Curry leaves, Murraya koenigii, mass of leaves of the Curry tree on stems.

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua arrangement of autumn leaves overlapping and backlit on white.

Sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua arrangement of autumn leaves in a line, overlapping and backlit on white.

Lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus, A mas of sticks, filling the frame, with one on the right hand side cut to show rings inside. Very shallow dedpth of field.