A view of some wild flowers and grasses, at Lydford Gorge, in the summer

Rosa gallica "Versicolour" in the Rose Garden at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire

A mass of scarlet tulips in the Walled Garden in April at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.

Close view of the flower of a Rhododendron 'lutescens' growing in the garden at Nymans

A close up of a yellow and purple Iris 'Shannopin' in the sunshine in Sissinghurst Castle Garden

Tropaeolium polyphyllum, a prostrate perennial with grey green leaves and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, at Dunham Massey, Cheshire

Magnolia cylindrica "Albatross" in flower in spring in the garden at Lanydrock, Cornwall

Male catkins on the Common Hazel, Corylus avellana

Flowers of Hebe speciosa Veronica, an evergreen shrub which flowers mid to late spring in an East Sussex garden

Rosa Gallica versicolor (Rosa mundi) at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

The delicate flower of Viola tricolor (Heartsease or Wild pansy) in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Close-up of summer flowers in the kitchen garden at Fenton House