Close view of hybrid Tea rose, variety "Savoy Hotel",in full bloom in the garden at Peckover House
A close up view of a single bloom of a pink Hybrid Tea rose 'Savoy Hotel' in the garden of Peckover House; the rose was introduced by Harkness in 1987 and features a high double centre
A close up view of a single bloom of Monarda 'Cambridge Scarlet' (common name Bergamot) in the garden at Peckover House; this perennial flowers from mid-summer to early autumn
Himalayan balsam (Impatiens balsamifera) at Parke, Bovey Tracey, Devon, an invasive species that is difficult to control and manage as its seed head explodes, spreading the seeds over a wide range
Penstemon and Crocosmia "Lucifer" in the borders at Packwood House garden in summer
Close-up view of a canna lily flower in the garden at Overbecks, Sharpitor, Salcombe, Devon
Aeonium arboreum "Schwarzkopf" at Overbeck's, Salcombe, Devon
Close view of foliage leaves at Overbeck's, Salcombe, Devon
Close shot of the bud and its long drooping leaves of the Rhododendron Macabeanum, in Nymans Garden
Close view of the bud of a Rhododendron Lanigerum just beginning to open at the garden at Nymans
Close view of Narcissus unsurpassable taken in early spring in Nymans Garden with frilly edges to the trumpets and bowed heads
A Camellia "Maud Messel" in the garden at Nymans
Close shot of the flower in bud, of Rhododendron Lanigerum at Nymans Garden
Close view of a group of purple and white winter flowering crocus, in Nymans Gardens
Close-view of a Camellia 'Leonard Messel' at Nymans Garden
Close-up of Daphne bholua, 'Jaqueline Postill', a pale pink Spring variety of this shrub
A close up of the magnolia 'Michael Rosse' in the garden at Nymans
Detail of a Magnolia 'Anne Rose' in the garden at Nymans
Close view of Narcissus "Unsurpassable", at Nymans Garden in spring
Deep purple & red primulas and pale pink rhododendrons in Lily Wood at Mount Stewart
A close-up of a group of roses - 'Vicks Caprice Hybrid Perpetual, 1897' at Mottisfont Abbey
A close view of a group of Lilies in full bloom and some closed