Carnations, flower market, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Yellow carnations for sale for temple offerings in Little India, Singapore, South East Asia

Salt marshes.

Hibiscus (Hibiscus) and bougainvillea, Lake Arenal reservoir, Costa Rica, Central America

Saltwort in the Wadden Sea, Sylt island, North Friesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Salicornia or Pickle Weed, Sylt Island, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Star anise (Illicium verum), vanilla pod, cloves (Dianthus) and cinnamon bark, studio photography with black background

Inscription, quotation from Goethe on stone slab, Everything transient is only a parable, red carnations, grave of Kurt Tucholsky, Mariefred cemetery, Straengnaes, Soedermanlands laen, Sweden, Europe

Banded demoiselle (calopteryx splendens), male, sitting on red campion (Silene dioica) red campion, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Moss Campion (Silene acaulis), Gran Paradiso National Park, Valle d'Aosta, Italy, Europe

Maiden pinks (Dianthus deltoides), Rabbitfoot clover (Trifolium arvense) and perennial sandbell (Jasione laevis), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Flowering cloves on the beach of Porto Puddu, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), carnivorous plant

Fly in the Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Hot mulled wine on dark tray, lemon, cinnamon sticks, cloves and sugar, Germany, Europe

Close-up of Carnation Soft Coral underwater, Fiji

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring

Planting Cape Daisy (Osteospermum sp) and Carnation (Dianthus sp) in a window box in spring