Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Backgrounds, Wood, Section cut through timer showing rings and growth pattern.

Vietnam, Lo Cai Province, close to Sa Pa, Rice paddy terrace.

Vietnam, Lo Cai Province, close to Sa Pa, Sweet corn being dried by the sun.

Colombia, Piraparana, Peach palm/chontaduro fruit.

Food, Snacks, Dried Fuit, Deglet Nour Dates also known as Royal Dates.

Food, Snacks, Roasted and salted Cashew nuts.

Ireland, County Sligo, Carney, Close up detail of the interior of a red cabbage.

Ireland, County Sligo, Trees in wintertime near Lissadell Beach viewed from below with vibrant blue sky above. Carney

Ireland, County Sligo, Ben Bulben Forest Walk, Tree rings on a recently felled tree. Carney

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus. Woodland in winter with carpet of brown leaves and a decaying old cart with green moss covered wheels being reclaimed by nature.

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus woodland in winter with many multistemed trunks and branches creating a pattern. Manipulated colours.

Hornbeam, Feather reed grass, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', Side view of a mass of flowering stems with a ladybird.

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, A wintery windswept scene with bare snow covered branches.

Carpinus Betula, Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Carpinus Betula, Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Carpinus Betula, Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Carpinus Betula, Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.

Chelsea Flowershow 2009, The Laurent Perrier Garden designed by Luciano Giubbilei. With Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, Box and Yew hedge.

Carpinus Betula, Hornbeam, Carpinus betulus.