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.

Houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum and other alpines forming a green roof of an insect shelter painted pale green and filled with pieces of bamboo canes. Part of Wild in the City garden designed by Charl...

Fern, Ostrich fern, Shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, surrounded by Milk parsley, Selinum wallichianum, Back view of a single frond in focus, showing the dark spores.

Bluebell, English bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta with Hart's tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium, shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris and others, emerging in spring, in an enchanting woo...

Fern, Hart's tongue fern, Asplenium scolopendrium with shuttlecock fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris and others, unfurling in spring, in a garden with natural dry stone wall.

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

A compost heap made with wooden planks and posts in a wild area with nettles growing nearby.

Thrift, Sea thrift, Armeria maritima 'Alba', Several stems of white pom pom flowers amongst tall grass in shade

Ferns overhanging a small pool or stream which is reflecting the blue sky above in its rippled surface.

Hare's tail,Lagurus ovatus and other wildflowers growing on rocks in a wild area with rubbish strewn in Halkidiki, Greece.

Lavender, French lavender, Lavandula stoechas, growing wild on a rocky slope in Halkidiki, Greece.

Star-of-Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum, flowers and buds on a single plant.