Beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica, Several trees in winter mist, still bearing many of their dry brown leaves, and a carpet of them beneath.

Alder, Grey Alder, Alnus incana, Front view of a bunch of male catkins.

Alder, Grey Alder, Alnus incana, Front view of a bunch of male catkins and a cone from the previous year behind.

Rosebay willowherb, Chamaenerion Angustifolium, Side view of masses of pink flowers beside a canal.

Fuchsia, Fuchsia 'Riccartonii' with Fuchsia 'La Campanella', Osteospernum, Lavender and other garden flowers in a posy, in a glass vase.

Rose, Rosa, Close view of single pink coloured bud with water droplets.

Dogwood, Wedding cake tree, Cornus controversa 'Variegata', View through several interwoven branches sporuting new shoots of yellow and green variegated leaves, to a mass of blue forget-me-nots, Myoso...

Cherry, Drooping rosebud cherry, Prunus pendula 'Pendula rosea', A mass of white flowers in sunlight.

Cherry, Drooping rosebud cherry, Prunus pendula 'Pendula rosea', A mass of white flowers in sunlight.

Magnolia, Magnolia sprengeri 'Mary Slankard', Side view of one flower on a bare twig, with others around it.

Magnolia, Magnolia stellata 'Jane Platt', Close side view of one flower with pink tinged white petals on a bare twig.

Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, Close side view of one sunlit white flower with several long graceful petals and yellow stamens and stigma.