A close-up detail of a white rose - 'Frau Karl Druschki' at Mottisfont Abbey
A close view of a pink and white stripey rose in full bloom - 'rosa gallica versicolour (rosa mundi) gallica ancient'
Close-up an Echinops (Globe Thistle) "Taplow Blue" flower, blooming in the garden of Mottisfont Abbey, in July
Planting in the garden at Mottisfont Abbey - a close view of heliotrope (heliotropium) and box hedging
A beautiful bunch of deep pink coloured roses 'Zigeunerknabe' in Mottisfont Abbey garden, in Hampshire
Mottisfont Abbey Gardens in June
Campanula and Nigella damascena "Miss Jekyll" (Love-in-a-mist) at Mottisfont Abbey Garden, Hampshire
A view of group of red poppies in full bloom with one still closed in the foreground
A close-up detail of the heart of pale pink Poppy at Mottisfont Abbey
A close-up detail of a daisy - Leucanthemum Maximum 'Wirral Supreme' at Mottisfont Abbey
A close detail of a pink rose - 'Georg Avends Hybrid Tea, 1910' at Mottisfont Garden
Tulipa "China Pink" in the Walled Garden at Mottisfont, Hampshire, in April
Tulipa "Ballade" in the Walled Garden at Mottisfont, Hampshire, in April
Tulipa "Triumphator" in the Walled Garden at Mottisfont, Hampshire, in April
Rosa gallica "Versicolour" in the Rose Garden at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire
The dried seed heads cut when the long grass in the orchard is mown in late summer at Lyveden New Bield, Peterborough, Northamptonshire
Rosa "Wild Edric" in the Rose Garden at Lyme Park, Cheshire
Rosa "Rhapsody in Blue" in the Rose Garden at Lyme Park, Cheshire
Rosa "Rosemoor" in the Rose Garden at Lyme Park, Cheshire
Rosa "Harlow Carr" in the Rose Garden at Lyme Park, Cheshire
Magnolia in flower in the garden at Lanydrock, Cornwall
Magnolia soulangeana "Amabilis" in flower in spring in the garden at Lanydrock, Cornwall
Magnolia sprengeri "Lanhydrock" in flower in the garden at Lanydrock, Cornwall
Magnolia "Burncoose Purple" in flower in the garden at Lanydrock, Cornwall
