Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble bee, Bombus hypnorum, pollinating purple coloured flower.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble Bee, Bombus hypnorum, feeding on flower.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble Bee, Bombus hypnorum, feeding on flower in a garden border.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble Bee, Bombus hypnorum, feeding on flower in a garden border.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble Bee, Bombus hypnorum, feeding on flower in a garden border.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Tree Bumble Bee, Bombus hypnorum, feeding on flower in a garden border.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Frost on Chives.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Mass of mauve coloured flowers growing outdoors.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Mass of mauve coloured flowers growing outdoors

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Side view of 1 stem with pale purple flower, others soft focus behind.

Chive, Allium schoenoprasum, Side view of 2 stems with pale purple flowers, one fully and one part open, Others soft focus behind.

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

Scotland, Edinburgh, Princes Street gardens, artichoke flowers.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, Artichoke thistle growing outdoor.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, Blue coloured Artichoke thistle growing outdoor.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus. One head in full flower and one opening. Flowers are tiny purple strands surrounded by stiff green purple calyxes.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, A winter seedhead topped with melting snow turning into an icicle.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, Seedhead with snow on it viewed from beneath.

Cardoon,Cynara cardunculus, Several stems of seedheads with snow and frost on them, against a pale blue sky.

Cardoon,Cynara cardunculus, Several stems of seedheads with snow and frost on them, against a pale blue sky.

Cardoon,Cynara cardunculus, close view of snow capped seedhead.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus.

Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus.