Vitis vinifera Queen of Esther, close cropped view of red and yellow, variegated leaf.

Gaura lindheimeri Whirling butterflies. Stem with single, white, open flower and cluster of buds.

Sea holly, Eryngium zabelii Big Blue, Close view of thistle-like flower head surrounded by silvery blue bracts.

Sea holly, Eryngium zabelii Big Blue, Close view of thistle-like flower head surrounded by silvery blue bracts.

Sea holly, Eryngium x zabelii Jos Eijking. Thistle-like flower heads surrounded by spiny, silvery blue bracts.

Sea holly, Eryngium x zabelii Jos Eijking. Thistle-like flower head surrounded by spiny, silvery blue bracts.

Spherical seed heads of Globe thistle, Echinops cultivar.

Single, saucer-shaped flower of Cosmos bipinnatus Sensation Picotee with pink petals irregularly streaked with white and hoverfly on yellow centre.

Single, saucer-shaped flower of Cosmos bipinnatus Sensation Picotee with pinkish white petals irregularly edged in crimson surrounding yellow centre with hoverfly.

Single, saucer-shaped flower of Cosmos bipinnatus Sensation Picotee with pinkish white petals irregularly edged in crimson surrounding yellow centre.

Yellow flowers of Clematis tangutica.

Yellow flowers of Clematis tangutica with fluffy seedheads in foreground against blue sky.