Bronze fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', mustard yellow flowers on tall blue green stalks, combined planting with Brazilian verbena, Verbena bonariensis.

Bronze fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', mustard yellow flowers on tall blue green stalks, combined planting with Brazilian verbena, Verbena bonariensis.

Bronze fennel, Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', mustard yellow flower in soft focus and a red ladybird on the fine leaf.

Wild carrot, Daucus carota, umbellifer flower head against pale blue sky.

Carrot, Wild carrot:Daucus carota. White flower umbels in soft, golden sunlight.

Carrot, Wild carrot:Daucus carota. White flower umbels on narrow, green stems.

Leek, Allium ampeloprasum, Flower head of leek with small flowers of white tinged with pale purple and pink and clustered in a dense umbel.

Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Drying, skeletal stems of Hogweed silhouetted against pale blue sky.

Astrantia maxima flower head with umbel of small flowers surrounded by pale pink bracts.

Agapanthus. Close up of Agapanthus africanus, umbel of blue, trumpet shaped flowers. England, West Sussex, Chichester.

Allium christophii. Close cropped view of spherical umbel of star shaped flowers. England, West Sussex, Chichester,

Allium christophii. Close view of spherical umbel of star shaped flowers. England, West Sussex, Chichester,