Echinacea, Tennessee Purple coneflower, Echinacea tennesseensis, Side view of several stems in various stages of flower with purple lavender.

Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus 'Alaska Salmon orange' and 'Alaska scarlet' with courgette and sweetcorn plants in a basket planter. Hampton Court Flower show 2011, Burgon and Ball '5-a-day garden' desig...

Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus 'Alaska Salmon orange' with with other herbs, including flowering rocket and parsley, purple sage and heartsease planted along the centre of a contemporary wooden planked...

Box, Common Box, Buxus sempervirens, A japanese style planting of box balls with bamboo and Acer palmatum among rocks, with decking and grey gravel. Part of the 'Virtual reality garden' by Bruce Waldo...

Box, Common Box, Buxus sempervirens, A japanese style planting of box balls with bamboo and Acer palmatum among rocks, part of 'Virtual reality garden' by Bruce Waldock at Hampton Court Palace Flower...

Verbena, Brazilian verbena, Purple top, Verbena bonariensis, with Veronicastrum, Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster' and Gaura, all tall plants in a late summer prairie style planted mixed bord...

Cherry plum, Prunus cerasifera 'Nigra', Front view of a twig with pale pink blossom and bronze leaves with others soft focus behind, forming a pattern againt a white background.

Currant, Blackcurrant, Ribes nigrum, Ripe fruit on a bush.

Blackberry, Rubus fruticosus 'Loch Tay', Berries in several stages of ripeness with leaves.

Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis, Several stems at different heights growing in gravel garden among flowers.

Scorpion Weed, Phacelia tanacetifolia; along with cornflowers and fleabane in an annual meadow style planting.

Orchid, Loose flowered orchid, Anacamptis laxiflora, single spire in a meadow of buttercups, Halkidiki, Greece.