Crocus, Crocus vernus, A spring scene of several purple flowers with minature daffodiils in soft focus in the foreground.

Parsley, Curly parsley, Petroselinum crispum and Basil, Ocimum basilicum, growing in an old suitcase on top of a canal barge in Londons East End.

Annual meadow for butterflies designed by Ian Forster at the Butterfly World Project, St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Chicory, Cichorium intybus 'Variegata di Choggia', Overhead view of Italian chicory, with its maroon streaked green leaves and the red radicchio head wirhin.

Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, A single red flower of the Field poppy in a field of golden wheat.

Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, A single red flower of the Field poppy in a field of golden wheat.

Allium, Allium Hollandicum 'Purple Sensation', Several stems of against silvery plants.

Iris, Bearded iris, Iris 'Rajah', A single flower showing the yellow upright petals and maroon streaked lower petals.

Golden oats, Stipa gigantea, Very close view of one individual spikelets hanging with the tiny star like stamen protruding outside the sepals to be wind pollinated.

Golden oats, Stipa gigantea, Very close view of a few individual spikelets hanging with the tiny star like stamen protruding outside the sepals to be wind pollinated.

Cineraria, Pericallis x hybrida Senetti baby Magenta Bicolor 'Sunseneribuba', Close side view of a flower fully open showing the purple tipped white petals and the deep purple centre.

Scabious, Scabiosa columbaria 'Blue note', One purple blue flower, front side view against pale grey background.