Perennial candytuft, iberis sempervirens, Top view of a mass of whie flowers.

Quince, Cydonia oblonga, Close side view of one opening white flower and leaves.

Quince, Cydonia oblonga, Close top view of one opening white flower and leaves.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Purple buds and emerging flowers on long green stems.g

Foxglove tree, Paulownia tomentosa, Purple flowers on a panicle on a tree in the spring.

Icelandic poppy, Papaver nudicaule, Close-up detail of a single orange flower with yellow stamen against a green leafy background.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries and a few leaves from the shrub.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant harvest of purple sloe berries.

Oak, Quercus robur, Acorns growing on the branches of tree in late summer.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, Abundant purple sloe berries growing on a shrub in the autumn in the New Forest.

Hosta cultivar, White pendulous flowers with ling curved stamens, growing on a plant against a green background.