Sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, Close view of one flower with a ladybird on top.

Tulip, Tulipa schrenkii, Several crimson flowers with yellow margins growing in meadow grass.

Pasque flower, Pulsatilla pratensis, Fluffy seedhead with dark strands silhouetted against pink and blue mottled background.

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens, Top view of cluster of blue flowers with white eye atop hairy green leaves.

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, Very close view of centre of a pink flower showing the stamens and ridged green stigma with granules of pollen on it.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one opening red flower pushing off its bud casing, on hairy curved stalk, Against blue sky.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one open red flower on hairy curved stalk, Against pale blue sky.

Field poppy, Papaver rhoeas, Side view of one half open red flower on spindly, hairy, bendy stalk with leaves and bud, Against blue sky.

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, Front view of pink flower with dark splodges held above soft focus pale blue green foliage.

Grass, Marram grass, Ammophila arenaria, Flowering clump growing in shingle on a suffolk beach in UK, Sea and sky behind.

Purple viper's bugloss, Echium plantagineum with pink Lathyrus tingitanus, Tangier pea, red opium poppy growing in a meadow in La Gomera in the Canary Islands.

Algerian iris, Iris unguicularis, Close cropped view of purple petal with yellow and white markings against pale blue background.