Orchid, Wild Orchid, Side view of purple coloured flower growing outdoor.

Red hot poker, Kniphofia, Two red and yellow coloured flowers growing outdoor.

Buddleja, Studio shot of purple coloured flower against yellow background.

Culver's root, Veronicastrum sibiricum, White-tailed Bumble bee Bombus lucorum, feeding on mauve flowerhead in a garden.

Tufted vetch, Vicia cracca, Bumble bee Bombus terrestris, pollinating purple flower in grassy area of woodland.

Lupin, Lupinus 'Purple Emperor', Side view of one spire with bicolour flowers of mauve and magenta, others and bright green foliage soft focus behind, in bright sunshine.

Lupin, Lupinus 'Purple Emperor', Side view of one spire with bicolour flowers of mauve and magenta, others soft focus behind, in bright sunshine.

Lupin, Lupinus 'Purple Emperor', Side view of one spire with bicolour flowers of mauve and magenta, and a buff tailed bee entering one, in bright sunshine, Others soft focus behind,

Lupin, Lupinus 'Purple Emperor', Side view of several spires with bicolour flowers of mauve and magenta, among bright green folaige, in sunshine.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of several white flowering stems.

Black Cohosh, Cohosh bugbane, Actaea racemosa, View of one white flowering stem.

Foxglove, Digitalis Ferruginea, Several spires of the brown perennial foxglove just beginning to flower. Verbena bonariensis and bronze fennel behind.