Siberian bugloss 'Jack Frost', Brunnera macrophylla, massed heart-shaped silver leaves edged and veined with green. Plants, Pernnial, Leaf.

New York aster, Aster novi-belgi, massed purple flowers growing on the High Line linear park in Midtown Manhattan. Plants, Perennials, Flowers.

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.

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.

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, Top view of several pale brown mushrooms some upturned showing the cream gills.

Oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, Top view of several pale brown mushrooms some upturned showing the cream gills.

Poppy, Papaver somniferum. Single flower with head of massed, ruffled double petals.

Apple tree, Malus domestica. Branches with massed, white blossoms against blue sky. England, West Sussex, Chichester.

Apple tree, Malus domestica. Branches with massed, white blossoms. England, West Sussex, Chichester.

Narcissus with white petals and orange centre. Single flower in foreground with others massed behind, shallow depth of field.