Flowers

Bright, contrasting shades of the Welsh Poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, and an Allium in the border at Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire

Close view of Forget-me-not (Myosotis) in the border at Hidcote Manor Garden, Gloucestershire

Peony (Paeonia Lactiflora)

The flower of the purple podded pea, in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

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

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

Anemone "De Caen" in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Lavender in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Lavender in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Aquilegia "Nora Barlow" at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Anemone "De Caen" in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

A joyful mix of marigolds, cornflowers and poppies in the Kitchen Garden at Ham House, Richmond-upon-Thames

Very close shot of a Cistus flower in full bloom in the garden at Gunby Hall

Close shot looking down on a clump of chives in flower in the Herb Garden at Gunby Hall

Close up of flowering Chives growing in the herb garden at Gunby Hall

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

Waterlily (Nymphaea) at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Glorious blue flowers of Convolvulus tricolor (Ipomoea) at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Clematis Jackmanii at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Peony in the peony border at Greys Court, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Close view of rose 'Ferdinand Pichard'at Greys Court in Oxfordshire

Close view of Aeonium arboreum

Young ferns in April unfurling in the bluebell woods on the estate at Godolphin House, near Helston, Cornwall